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First Episode of NerdTV Released

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hope-they-are-ready-for-nerd-traffic dept.

kurosawdust writes "The first ever episode of Robert Cringely's long-awaited NerdTV is now available for download. This episode features Andy Hertzfeld, member of the original Macintosh team who always has a few good stories to tell. Episode 1 is available in MP4 Video (whole episode and smaller-sized snippets) MP3, Ogg, AAC, and good old-fashioned text transcript (for those of you who watch your TV in vi, like God intended). NerdTV is released under the Creative Commons license."

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  1. Java applet doesn't need a plugin? by l_bratch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Still in development but coming soon is a Mediaframe Open Source Java applet player, which will play NerdTV video right in your browser without any plug-ins.

    Incredible how that works - I usually need to use a Java plugin to view Java applets in my browser.

  2. watch your TV in vi, like God intended by smittyoneeach · · Score: 5, Funny

    I feel your research into the topic of editor theology may be incomplete.

    --
    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
  3. Autobots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Episode 1 is available in MP4 Video

    Heh. I can only imagine what the MPAA's autobots are making out of that comment...

    1. Re:Autobots by Quarters · · Score: 4, Funny

      The Autobots are the good guys. The MPAA would employ Decepticons.

  4. Interactive TV by martalli · · Score: 5, Funny
    A little correction for the original poster. vi is interactive TV. If you just want to watch TV, I suggest less.

    Bryan
    "less is more, but less is better"

    --
    Building a healthy future; Connecting communities
  5. I would LOVE it if Bill G and Balls-mer took off by crovira · · Score: 2, Funny

    in a plane controlled by Windows.

    I wouldn't have to worry about them, ever again...

    --
    MSBPodcast.com The opinions expressed here are my own. If you don't like 'em... Think up your own stuff.
  6. Power Management vs. Cabin Pressure by itomato · · Score: 2, Funny

    If a device requires a "fair bit of fiddling" to do what it is supposed to do, it is not the device I want in control of life-sustaining services on a flying coffin.

    Jesus or any of Vishnu's other avatars can save you from a lot. But WinCE on a JumboJet?!

  7. Re:No Torrent? by nikconwell · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll create a torrent in 4 days, 6 hours, 24 minutes, 35 seconds.

  8. God? by Jules+Labrie · · Score: 2, Funny
    for those of you who watch your TV in vi, like God intended

    Please don't blaspheme RMS !!!

  9. EMACS by rhetland · · Score: 2, Funny

    I use *EMACS* to watch my TV, like god actually intended.

  10. Re:Below expectations by sinserve · · Score: 2, Funny

    It could really well be NerdRadio, since there is absolutely nothing happening on the screen but that guy's lips moving.
    For +1h.

    Not true! At 00:34:02 - 00:34:18 he scratches his arm.

  11. Dear Andy by NubKnacker · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dear Andy, Please let us know when you get sued by the **AA. Thanks.