Torrentocracy = RSS + Bit Torrent + Your TV

lerhaupt writes "I've started a project called Torrentocracy which is the combination of RSS, Bit Torrent and your Television. It's written as a plugin for MythTV (the homebrew Linux PVR project). This means you can not only easily find out about new torrents from various enclosure enabled blogs, but you can also start the torrent download process with the click of your TV remote control. Are RSS aggregators which support torrent downloads the next greatest thing since web browsers? What is the significance of hooking this directly to your TV? Here's a screenshot."

Comments

Sounds Wonderful

[Moblaster]

Except for the fact that I'll need to keep my television on 24 hours a day to seed.

Re:Sounds Wonderful

[Rob_Warwick]

No! Turning off your monitor and turning off your computer are the same thing. Anyone who's ever worked phone tech support can tell you that.

Plus, if you use the switch on your monitor, you can get some awesome boot times!

Re:Sounds Wonderful

[martingunnarsson]

Oh yeah, the monitor is the computer, and the computer case is the hard drive. Once you learn the language of the users, they aren't that stupid!

Re:Sounds Wonderful

[I confirm I'm not a]

Sad but true: we have a client who prints out emails so he can fax back the reply...

Psst. Buddy.

[numbski]

You really should've torrented that .jpg.

Just a thought.

Kthx. ;)

Webserver go boom

[Anonymous Coward]

You should have set up a torrent and had people mirror the site.

Smirk

[mfh]

Guy: Here's my new cool project on torrents and TV.
Slashdotters: Cool. (Click)(Click)(Click)
Slashdot: Arrrrrrrrrrrrgh!!!! [[[[Crush]]]]
Server: (Dies)
Guy: Well now that you've killed my server... I guess my project can't continue. :(
Slashdot: Thanks for letting us know about your project.

From "The Matrix"

[numbski]

"I think we can handle one little jpg."

"No Lieutenant, your webserver is already dead."

Dangerous New Bomb

[Moblaster]

Next thing you know, Orrin Hatch will be introducing a bill to blow up your television every time you watch some bootleg show.

Wait...

[MonkeyOfRage]

They still make TV's?

what's the ocracy?

[Grummet]

If its from democracy then Slashdot just voted you out of office.

I, for one...

[pjt33]

I, for one, welcome our new Torrent leaders.

Re:Now you've done it, Thanks for all the work Isa

[fwitness]

"...MythTV will be indistinguishable from "Movie Pirates" in the MPAA's eyes..."

Ahem. They prefer to be called buccaneer americans.

I mean honestly, the insensitivity of some people.

Great plan (not)

[Sanity]

I kept hoping no one would do this.

Yeah, great plan. Let's avoid any innovation that might conceivably upset the copyright cartel.

They have a word for that, its called appeasement.

They tried it with Hitler before World War II. It didn't work.

Re:Interface

[I confirm I'm not a]

When I sit down in front of the TV I become a veg. Anything not easy is just plain to hard to do.

Damn, that's true. Why is it that I can write shell scripts and debug Perl, but have never been able to program my VCR? Selective stupidity - or lack of tin-foil hat? ;)