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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.

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  3. Re:No Torrent? by lga · · Score: 5, Informative

    Bob mentioned bittorrent when he talked about NerdTV in July. He explained that people downloading NerdTV via bittorrent would only seed the last one or two episodes, and that he would instead build a distributed network similar to Akamai.

    From the article: "so the real heavy lifting for NerdTV will be done through a network of distributed servers I've created as a kind of "poor man's Akamai." My distribution cost using this system, by the way, works out to be approximately ONE PERCENT of Akamai's retail price, which shows how much profit there is in that business, or should be."

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  4. 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...

  5. 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"

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  6. Bill the used car salesman by SamSeaborn · · Score: 5, Insightful
    he would feel very uneasy riding in an airplane where WindowsCE was controlling the cabin pressure. [...] I wonder if he is taking his gut feeling about the company and judging the technical worth of its products sight unseen.

    A used car salesman has sold you problematic cars for the past 20 years, and he says he finally has a good car to sell you. Are you going to examine the car for "technical worth" or are you going to let your previous experiences with that salesman influence your buying decision?

    Sam

  7. TORRENT by fabs64 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the official torrent.
    No seeds as yet, hopefully the /. crowd will quickly change that ;-)

  8. Re:He seems to dislike WindowsCE by metamatic · · Score: 5, Interesting
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    Why do I need saving from your past?

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