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NerdTV Coming in September
Random BedHead Ed writes "After years of development, Robert X. Cringely's NerdTV is finally on its way, and will be released September 6th. The program will feature interviews with prominent nerds, such as Bill Joy and Macintosh programmer Andy Hertzfeld. But far from being a normal television show, it will be downloadable. As Cringely explained last week in his column, BitTorrent and the expansion of broadband made this the right time for such a move. The show will be available at pbs.org/nerdtv/, where there is currently an information page.
Larry Lessig points out that the show will be distributed under a Creative Commons license - the specific license is not specified, but Cringely and PBS say that noncommercial use and redistribution will be allowed."
How many Robert Cringley's are there who write tech columns and host PBS computer shows? Or does the man in question secretly want to be referred to as RXC?
Gee, that ought to make for compelling TV. Earth to Bob: it's now 2005.
So between slashdot stories I can get my "hit" from TV?
Unless they have a mostly white back ground with a funky green menus and fonts. Otherwise I think I will stick with my Slashdot.
- Your stupidity got you into this mess, why can't it get you out? -Will Rogers
The Creative Commons license is often heralded among certain music circles, because it affords an artist the ability to remix and mash licensed songs as they see fit for non-commercial purposes. ..personally, I can't wait to make my own 'remixed' versions of Cringely's show for my own nefarious purposes.
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I have to sit at work listening to my fellow programmers, now I can finally go home and listen to more programmers. Thank you PBS!
Are they going to be licensing Naked News? If they are going to properly service Nerds the needs the right news service.
It will gradually build its own cast of ecclectic personalities, building a loyal fanbase. Eventually it will reach a critical point at which it starts to slide more into the mainstream. This of course will be its doom as actual nerds are replaced by increasingly bland and mediocre television personalities. Then end will come when that scion of drek, G4, buys NerdTV out.
No, i'm not feeling hostile. Why do you ask?
haha! nerd.
I'm proud to be a nerd. My girlfriend and I
:-)
Look, who do you think you're kidding here?
started talking initially because she "really, really likes nerdy guys"
Aw now come on, don't overdo it.
(she also likes geeky guys,
Well, large jpegs of pink moist young girls really can be lifelike, and with a little imagination, they really do seem to like everybody very much.
Okay, bad joke. I'm just kidding
(photos please?)
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
I want my...
I want my...
I want my Nerd TV.
Technoli
"We're pleased to be offering this new video-download news format free to Slashdot customers." said CmdrTaco, who would not indicate whether he was hard or soft-shell, "It is another example of how Slashdot is on the fringe of digital news."
When asked why viewers should get their video news from Slashdot rather than going straight to PBS and downloading the whole news program, CmdrTaco replied "Well, we know our Slashdot readers are busy. Some of them can only check the site 10-12 times a day, and as everyone knows they don't have time to read the articles. So what we've done is cut out everything but 10 seconds of the interview, the best inflammatory bits we can find, and then added an audio-only cynical or sarcastic comment at the end, with an occasional 'Linux is getting better every day' comment for good measure. We tried video footage using a web cam for the comment, but it was, well, kinda creepy."
CmdrTaco also said Slashdot is working on another new feature called Slashdot ReMix, where existing news items are posted by different Slashdot editor and given a slightly different spin, to see how different angles of the story are received. Perceptive Slashdotters, he noted, have noticed this system in beta testing over the past few years, with more heavy testing in the last 1-2 years. He believes the system is now nearing perfection.
And before you say "Well you are posting this on a site labled 'news for nerds'" I say yes, I know that Einsten.
I like it when you call me "Einstein".
-Jam
For some reason I don't think that there will be any kittens sacrificed because of this program.
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Now if only there was some way to download "normal" TV shows...
Excellent! Now the nattering naybobs of negativism here at work, who currently have conniptions whenever I try to use something from TV in the classroom, can't complain. Well, they can still complain, I just won't have to comply.
As the guest list indicates (Andy Hertzfeld and Bill Joy? Where's Alan Turing?)
Um. Let me put this in terms a nerd can understand.
Alan Turing has become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. His interview is delayed until such a time as he masters the ability to "come back from The Force."
Information wants to be anthropomorphized.