I ran MythTV for six years. The last year I've used SageTV. I got sick of MythTV locking up, crashing, and the constant non-stop twiddling with my configuration because I could never get things quite right.
Have attempted to run MythTV...along with other "Myth----" varieties. No matter what version I've installed & attempted to run...with webpages & books to help with setting up/configuring the software...could never get MythTV to record anything at all.
Being a former computer tech/advanced user having experience with Linux since the 1990's...the biggest reason MythTV is not overtaking anything on Windows is due to the fact that I can install & configure ANY Windows PVR program in less than 30 minutes. At the end of that 30 minutes...am recording programs with no glitches or problems. Can MythTV do this now or even in the future? The answer is no. When I can install numerous versions of Linux...Windows...DOS...BSD or even QNX and using almost all of the applications as soon as the desktop comes up...why should MythTV be any different? It doesn't need to be.
As soon as MythTV becomes as easy to use as GBPVR under Windows 2000/XP...I will run it. The designers don't/will not understand this. If I want to use my computer for a moon landing with all the issues that come with it...I'll work for NASA. I and others just want to record our shows without constant worry that the software will even work.
Even Microsoft was telling users NOT to upgrade during the beta/RC run.
Do a full install no matter what. Anything but a full install from partitioning to installation is a disaster waiting to happen...no matter what version of Windows you are running. Saving time and money doing something futile is not saving either.
Same here. Actually watch more BBC & Channel 10 AU than I do US stuff they call TV. I would gladly pay a subscription for this...rather than use proxy servers to get downloads & watch it as a native in the UK!!!
Wonder if Playgirl is going to be drawing Homer Simpson with wood as he looks at the Playboy spread of Marge.
Personally...thought they picked the wrong one. Either one of Marge's sisters would give wood to a man of any age. Got it right now just thinking of either of the sister's in their own spread or even together doing the sisterly act together!!! Any place where Sideshow Bob or Troy McClure has been is all right with me & gives me that seal of approval I've been looking for.
I'm moving to Idaho in a month...been planning it for several months. All I have to say is that it beats the hell out of Arizona...especially since the #1 pickup line around here is: What a nice tooth you got. Also see t-shirts which say: Teeth...NOT in my town.
Teenage pregnancy can't be that bad...since where I currently live in NW Arizona...it's the state's #1 school system for teenage mothers out of all the districts in the state. That's out of two local high schools & three junior high schools.
Have 2 of these Eee's...the 701 & a 1000. Because of the screen/keyboard size of the 701...don't use it too much...but the 1000 works perfect for "on the go" use. Took it on vacation twice & temporarily losing my net access at home...was the perfect thing to use at a large chain coffee house while kicking back drinking an iced tea (don't do the coffee bit)...reading my online newspapers/email from a portable version of Firefox & Thunderbird.
With the 8-9 hour battery/2 GB of memory I popped out of the 701 and running XP Home with a 160 GB hard drive...the 1000 will let me use it all day long or most of a week without plugging it in. Of course...I fully understood what I was getting before I bought it. My AMD quad-core with 8 GB of memory works well for video encoding...but is overkill for what I can use the netbook for.
Not even sure if I'll upgrade it to 7...since XP works like a dream on it. May even Ghost the XP image & put 2000 Pro on it & see what happens.;)
if you want to get fancy you can pick up one of the cheapo KVM switches at Newegg, and if you have a problem with your server just "clicky clicky" on the keyboard shortcut and you are good to go. I paid a whole $30 for mine but Newegg has the same model for $26 [newegg.com] or $16 [newegg.com] for a 2 port. Since you already have the P4 this would be the easiest way to go headless and still have access if something goes wrong.
Have done that here all ready with an old P4 on a 2 port KVM switch I got from that Arkansas discount store for about $25 about 5 years ago that I put my PVR-150 in with XP Home running GBPVR. With it sitting in an old case next to my Sony 32" HDTV...doesn't look pretty...but saves me tons of money from not paying TIVO or DirecTV monthly extortion fees. Running it through my router...it's networked and I can copy programs over to my AMD quad-core for editing/processing to an AVI.
If I could find a cheap 4 port for the same cost as this 2 port...that would be the best thing I would love to do.
Stuff like this tells me the reason the federal law on education needs to be changed to this: Leave Them All Behind. I always need someone to sell/serve me fries (by the picture on the register)...dig my ditches (place one hand on the top of the handle & the other about half way down & move some dirt) ((too technical for some I know)) & porn stars when they look good/fluffers when they get old. See...I just solved the whole education dilemma for those who can't follow the rules & put up the cell phones or whatever it is they need to be doing.
Doesn't work like this at all. Usually...most parents will come ream out the instructor...the principal...the superintendent for taking the student's property. Since little Johnny/Jane will never do anything wrong in their lifetime...many administrators/teachers don't want the hassle of dealing with the "fine upstanding people" who call themselves parents. This is much of the problems with teacher retention...too much hassle dealing with those who will never be happy no matter the result.
Used to sub for local high schools which had rules against cell phone usage during class. The students refused to follow the rules...used the phones & were rarely punished for this. Not only that...I was punished for following the rules...since the schools are there for the students & their learning. The administration certainly didn't like my answer when I told them the students were using their phones during a closed book exam. Ended up getting a new job after getting tired of me getting on the wrong end of this battle.
Funny thing...when these "little angels" go out to the world of work & their boss tells them no cell phone usage at all...wonder if mommy/daddy will swoop in to let their boss know they are entitled to use their cell phones whenever & however they like. My current job is in a secure area. I even put my hands into the jump suit with the pockets sewed up...I can be fired.
I think that the bigger issue is that the average juror may just not give a shit about the judges instructions.
It goes even deeper than this...serving on a jury is a hassle for most people...as well as a waste of time & money for those who are inconvenienced. Caring about jury directions with a legally captive group of people is asking for too much.
Thanks for the link. Have been reading about the 7048 build...but didn't download it since I was waiting for the RC build to arrive next month. Looks like I will get it & see if I can put it on this 701 or even its replacement.
Actually ran Windows 7 on my Eee 701 with the 4 GB SSD drive and 2 GB memory. It was on there for about 3 days...then I put back XP Home on.
Here's what why 7 sucked on this machine:
1. Networking SUCKED. I could have manually pushed the packets down the CAT5 cable faster and with better compatibility.
2. Could not slim the image enough with VLite. With no page file & taking as much as I could from the image (1.3 GB)...was left with about 500 MB of free space out of 4 GB. Had no idea how to get rid of DVD Maker or other garbage to give me more space.
3. Forget about installing any software. No space left.
4. Could install only using Ghost or other imaging software. Using a USB drive or DVD disk for the install...Windows 7 demands to create a 200 MB hidden partition. Have heard Vista does the same thing...but for some reason...XP or 2000 have no reason to do the same thing.
Have been running Windows 7 7000 x64 beta on my desktop since M$ released it. Is fast & works. Since I am running over a TB of hard drive space with 8 GB of RAM...have no problems with space. The only problems I have are copying files back and forth to my XP PVR and friend's Vista PC on the same router and disconnecting USB drives.
When I buy a $19.95 cable off newegg, I can't afford to pay $45.00 for it locally.
Where I live in the Northwestern Arizona/Southeastern Nevada...it's hard to buy anything locally when the merchants have no idea of what you're talking about (local electronics chain store)...make it a habit of extorting the highest price out of you...have the ethical/morals of a rock (Enron should have taken lessons from these people). To make matters worse...these "businessmen" are proud of these "virtues". I can get whatever I want online with next day/overnight shipping cheaper from almost any vendor than I can locally...if I could even get it locally.
The worst part of this is that it's that way in too much of the US. Screw supporting the local economy & helping local businesses. Maybe if these "businessmen" went out of business & had to get the same type of jobs their former customers have...they may understand & become a better person for it.
Only if there's not too much humidity & being battery powered...you're not going to get enough of a breeze off of the thing to make it worthwhile for cooling off the whole car.
On the other hand...they do make 12V swamp coolers for cars that will do what you're looking for. The cost is about $300.
That type of cooler is called an evaporative or swamp cooler [wikipedia.org]. It's no air conditioner, but it can be effective in some cases and is definitely not a tech scam.
I actually have one of these "personal" swamp coolers that uses a plastic bottle you fill up with water or other liquid & freeze. Bought it from Think Geek about 3 years ago for about $20-25...since the local electric company doesn't want to upgrade their equipment in our neighborhood so our power stays on all of the time. Just drag out the 2 batteries or the solar cell...the frozen bottle & let the cool air blow over me.
Being this is Arizona & swamp coolers are more prevalent than AC.
Got the 701...along with a 2 GB stick of memory...from Amazon for $400. Added an 8 GB SD card & 2 8 GB thumb drives for about $75 more.
Love the size of it...especially since I use it for Ham radio & watching video in bed. Is exactly what I was looking for & am more than pleased with my purchase. Does exactly what I want to do.
Download Thanks for the direct link to the file.
There are two bad things about the kick off...only starting downloads @ 10 AM PDT with the website itself being unreachable for the past hour or so.
Great way to try to get a record when no one can connect to it to get the file...except for the link above.
With formerly having dealt with "concerned parents" in an educational environment...you want to stop cyberbullying...haul the parents away...along with the kids. For some reason...people tend to forget that bullying does not happen in a vacuum. Many times...the parents are the cause of it & teach their kids to emulate the behavior the parents respect/use themselves.
Perhaps the best way to prevent any of this type of behavior beforehand is not letting people have kids in the first place. Just because you can have kids doesn't mean you should.
And it all boils down to "stupid" human survival instinct - it wants all now, it wants very strong guarantee now. Not tomorrow, not even after one hour. If human just acts, not thinks, it will choose short term survival as it's primary goal.
Also illustrated so well with all of the college grads out there asking if you want to have fries with that.
there is also a method about testing if a stone is a real diamond or not. Just burn it, if it does it's indeed diamond.
Once looked at a titanium wedding ring & was thinking WTF??? Since about 50% of marriages (more in the bible noose of the US) end in divorce...it's a real waste of a decent metal. Tin or copper...YES...gold or titanium...NO.
I am a ham radio operator and concern myself with disaster preparedness.
Am a ham with a general license. While it would be bad for everyone looking to hit a cell tower...I have my 5W handheld VHF/UHF with an extra battery pack & a mobile 50W unit I can take out of my shack & put in my car in a matter of minutes. Am waiting for the time when this does happen. Sure...either one of these bands won't get me very far...at least in an emergency...I will have communications & can help my neighbors & be doing my talking the way it's been done for the past 100+ years.
I don't think we should wait for the next hurricane to prove if cell towers can handle an emergency.
As we've seen over & over again...the cell or any commercial "broadcast" industry will never be to the point of being fully ready for any type of large scale emergency like Katrina or worse. (The cost & benefit for them isn't worth the cost or expense to them...since many commercial stations are on satellite links anyway.) That's why hams are even more important in emergencies. Sure...our equipment can't fit in our pockets...play the latest tunes & not in the latest trendy colors...but in an emergency...I don't care how new the equipment is...just as long as it gets a signal from point A to point B.
Those 1-4GB usb drives will be a joke in the not too distant future too.
What's even stranger is remembering what phonographs/TV's/VCR's were like when they came out & what the size/capabilities of many MP3/MP4 players are. Realize that I can load up many TV shows/movies...books & music...along with an FM radio/picture viewer on a device I carry in my shirt or pants pocket to take with me.
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I ran MythTV for six years. The last year I've used SageTV. I got sick of MythTV locking up, crashing, and the constant non-stop twiddling with my configuration because I could never get things quite right.
Have attempted to run MythTV...along with other "Myth----" varieties. No matter what version I've installed & attempted to run...with webpages & books to help with setting up/configuring the software...could never get MythTV to record anything at all.
Being a former computer tech/advanced user having experience with Linux since the 1990's...the biggest reason MythTV is not overtaking anything on Windows is due to the fact that I can install & configure ANY Windows PVR program in less than 30 minutes. At the end of that 30 minutes...am recording programs with no glitches or problems. Can MythTV do this now or even in the future? The answer is no. When I can install numerous versions of Linux...Windows...DOS...BSD or even QNX and using almost all of the applications as soon as the desktop comes up...why should MythTV be any different? It doesn't need to be.
As soon as MythTV becomes as easy to use as GBPVR under Windows 2000/XP...I will run it. The designers don't/will not understand this. If I want to use my computer for a moon landing with all the issues that come with it...I'll work for NASA. I and others just want to record our shows without constant worry that the software will even work.
Even Microsoft was telling users NOT to upgrade during the beta/RC run.
Do a full install no matter what. Anything but a full install from partitioning to installation is a disaster waiting to happen...no matter what version of Windows you are running. Saving time and money doing something futile is not saving either.
Same here. Actually watch more BBC & Channel 10 AU than I do US stuff they call TV. I would gladly pay a subscription for this...rather than use proxy servers to get downloads & watch it as a native in the UK!!!
Wonder if Playgirl is going to be drawing Homer Simpson with wood as he looks at the Playboy spread of Marge.
Personally...thought they picked the wrong one. Either one of Marge's sisters would give wood to a man of any age. Got it right now just thinking of either of the sister's in their own spread or even together doing the sisterly act together!!! Any place where Sideshow Bob or Troy McClure has been is all right with me & gives me that seal of approval I've been looking for.
I'm moving to Idaho in a month...been planning it for several months. All I have to say is that it beats the hell out of Arizona...especially since the #1 pickup line around here is: What a nice tooth you got. Also see t-shirts which say: Teeth...NOT in my town.
Teenage pregnancy can't be that bad...since where I currently live in NW Arizona...it's the state's #1 school system for teenage mothers out of all the districts in the state. That's out of two local high schools & three junior high schools.
Have 2 of these Eee's...the 701 & a 1000. Because of the screen/keyboard size of the 701...don't use it too much...but the 1000 works perfect for "on the go" use. Took it on vacation twice & temporarily losing my net access at home...was the perfect thing to use at a large chain coffee house while kicking back drinking an iced tea (don't do the coffee bit)...reading my online newspapers/email from a portable version of Firefox & Thunderbird.
With the 8-9 hour battery/2 GB of memory I popped out of the 701 and running XP Home with a 160 GB hard drive...the 1000 will let me use it all day long or most of a week without plugging it in. Of course...I fully understood what I was getting before I bought it. My AMD quad-core with 8 GB of memory works well for video encoding...but is overkill for what I can use the netbook for.
Not even sure if I'll upgrade it to 7...since XP works like a dream on it. May even Ghost the XP image & put 2000 Pro on it & see what happens.;)
if you want to get fancy you can pick up one of the cheapo KVM switches at Newegg, and if you have a problem with your server just "clicky clicky" on the keyboard shortcut and you are good to go. I paid a whole $30 for mine but Newegg has the same model for $26 [newegg.com] or $16 [newegg.com] for a 2 port. Since you already have the P4 this would be the easiest way to go headless and still have access if something goes wrong.
Have done that here all ready with an old P4 on a 2 port KVM switch I got from that Arkansas discount store for about $25 about 5 years ago that I put my PVR-150 in with XP Home running GBPVR. With it sitting in an old case next to my Sony 32" HDTV...doesn't look pretty...but saves me tons of money from not paying TIVO or DirecTV monthly extortion fees. Running it through my router...it's networked and I can copy programs over to my AMD quad-core for editing/processing to an AVI.
If I could find a cheap 4 port for the same cost as this 2 port...that would be the best thing I would love to do.
Stuff like this tells me the reason the federal law on education needs to be changed to this: Leave Them All Behind. I always need someone to sell/serve me fries (by the picture on the register)...dig my ditches (place one hand on the top of the handle & the other about half way down & move some dirt) ((too technical for some I know)) & porn stars when they look good/fluffers when they get old. See...I just solved the whole education dilemma for those who can't follow the rules & put up the cell phones or whatever it is they need to be doing.
Doesn't work like this at all. Usually...most parents will come ream out the instructor...the principal...the superintendent for taking the student's property. Since little Johnny/Jane will never do anything wrong in their lifetime...many administrators/teachers don't want the hassle of dealing with the "fine upstanding people" who call themselves parents. This is much of the problems with teacher retention...too much hassle dealing with those who will never be happy no matter the result.
Used to sub for local high schools which had rules against cell phone usage during class. The students refused to follow the rules...used the phones & were rarely punished for this. Not only that...I was punished for following the rules...since the schools are there for the students & their learning. The administration certainly didn't like my answer when I told them the students were using their phones during a closed book exam. Ended up getting a new job after getting tired of me getting on the wrong end of this battle. Funny thing...when these "little angels" go out to the world of work & their boss tells them no cell phone usage at all...wonder if mommy/daddy will swoop in to let their boss know they are entitled to use their cell phones whenever & however they like. My current job is in a secure area. I even put my hands into the jump suit with the pockets sewed up...I can be fired.
I think that the bigger issue is that the average juror may just not give a shit about the judges instructions.
It goes even deeper than this...serving on a jury is a hassle for most people...as well as a waste of time & money for those who are inconvenienced. Caring about jury directions with a legally captive group of people is asking for too much.
Doesn't just happen at TV networks...but every other business as well.
Thanks for the link. Have been reading about the 7048 build...but didn't download it since I was waiting for the RC build to arrive next month. Looks like I will get it & see if I can put it on this 701 or even its replacement.
Actually ran Windows 7 on my Eee 701 with the 4 GB SSD drive and 2 GB memory. It was on there for about 3 days...then I put back XP Home on.
Here's what why 7 sucked on this machine:
1. Networking SUCKED. I could have manually pushed the packets down the CAT5 cable faster and with better compatibility.
2. Could not slim the image enough with VLite. With no page file & taking as much as I could from the image (1.3 GB)...was left with about 500 MB of free space out of 4 GB. Had no idea how to get rid of DVD Maker or other garbage to give me more space.
3. Forget about installing any software. No space left.
4. Could install only using Ghost or other imaging software. Using a USB drive or DVD disk for the install...Windows 7 demands to create a 200 MB hidden partition. Have heard Vista does the same thing...but for some reason...XP or 2000 have no reason to do the same thing.
Have been running Windows 7 7000 x64 beta on my desktop since M$ released it. Is fast & works. Since I am running over a TB of hard drive space with 8 GB of RAM...have no problems with space. The only problems I have are copying files back and forth to my XP PVR and friend's Vista PC on the same router and disconnecting USB drives.
When I buy a $19.95 cable off newegg, I can't afford to pay $45.00 for it locally.
Where I live in the Northwestern Arizona/Southeastern Nevada...it's hard to buy anything locally when the merchants have no idea of what you're talking about (local electronics chain store)...make it a habit of extorting the highest price out of you...have the ethical/morals of a rock (Enron should have taken lessons from these people). To make matters worse...these "businessmen" are proud of these "virtues". I can get whatever I want online with next day/overnight shipping cheaper from almost any vendor than I can locally...if I could even get it locally.
The worst part of this is that it's that way in too much of the US. Screw supporting the local economy & helping local businesses. Maybe if these "businessmen" went out of business & had to get the same type of jobs their former customers have...they may understand & become a better person for it.
Only if there's not too much humidity & being battery powered...you're not going to get enough of a breeze off of the thing to make it worthwhile for cooling off the whole car.
On the other hand...they do make 12V swamp coolers for cars that will do what you're looking for. The cost is about $300.
That type of cooler is called an evaporative or swamp cooler [wikipedia.org]. It's no air conditioner, but it can be effective in some cases and is definitely not a tech scam.
I actually have one of these "personal" swamp coolers that uses a plastic bottle you fill up with water or other liquid & freeze. Bought it from Think Geek about 3 years ago for about $20-25...since the local electric company doesn't want to upgrade their equipment in our neighborhood so our power stays on all of the time. Just drag out the 2 batteries or the solar cell...the frozen bottle & let the cool air blow over me.
Being this is Arizona & swamp coolers are more prevalent than AC.
Got the 701...along with a 2 GB stick of memory...from Amazon for $400. Added an 8 GB SD card & 2 8 GB thumb drives for about $75 more. Love the size of it...especially since I use it for Ham radio & watching video in bed. Is exactly what I was looking for & am more than pleased with my purchase. Does exactly what I want to do.
With formerly having dealt with "concerned parents" in an educational environment...you want to stop cyberbullying...haul the parents away...along with the kids. For some reason...people tend to forget that bullying does not happen in a vacuum. Many times...the parents are the cause of it & teach their kids to emulate the behavior the parents respect/use themselves.
Perhaps the best way to prevent any of this type of behavior beforehand is not letting people have kids in the first place. Just because you can have kids doesn't mean you should.
Will someone think of the children!!!
And it all boils down to "stupid" human survival instinct - it wants all now, it wants very strong guarantee now. Not tomorrow, not even after one hour. If human just acts, not thinks, it will choose short term survival as it's primary goal.
Also illustrated so well with all of the college grads out there asking if you want to have fries with that.
there is also a method about testing if a stone is a real diamond or not. Just burn it, if it does it's indeed diamond.
Once looked at a titanium wedding ring & was thinking WTF??? Since about 50% of marriages (more in the bible noose of the US) end in divorce...it's a real waste of a decent metal. Tin or copper...YES...gold or titanium...NO.
I am a ham radio operator and concern myself with disaster preparedness.
Am a ham with a general license. While it would be bad for everyone looking to hit a cell tower...I have my 5W handheld VHF/UHF with an extra battery pack & a mobile 50W unit I can take out of my shack & put in my car in a matter of minutes. Am waiting for the time when this does happen. Sure...either one of these bands won't get me very far...at least in an emergency...I will have communications & can help my neighbors & be doing my talking the way it's been done for the past 100+ years.
I don't think we should wait for the next hurricane to prove if cell towers can handle an emergency.
As we've seen over & over again...the cell or any commercial "broadcast" industry will never be to the point of being fully ready for any type of large scale emergency like Katrina or worse. (The cost & benefit for them isn't worth the cost or expense to them...since many commercial stations are on satellite links anyway.) That's why hams are even more important in emergencies. Sure...our equipment can't fit in our pockets...play the latest tunes & not in the latest trendy colors...but in an emergency...I don't care how new the equipment is...just as long as it gets a signal from point A to point B.
Those 1-4GB usb drives will be a joke in the not too distant future too.
What's even stranger is remembering what phonographs/TV's/VCR's were like when they came out & what the size/capabilities of many MP3/MP4 players are. Realize that I can load up many TV shows/movies...books & music...along with an FM radio/picture viewer on a device I carry in my shirt or pants pocket to take with me.