If you RTFS, you'll see that that article you link to was the pilot project with one person, and that this is a slightly larger project with several (TFA doesn't say how many) people.
Yes, but no new breakthroughs have been made. The only thing that's been proven is that the original subject, Jesse Sullivan, was not an isolated case and the procedure is repeatable. Even taking that into consideration, Claudia Mitchell had this procedure done in almost three years ago.
The only real news here is that the work is being submitted to the FDA.
I've been following Dr. Kuiken's technique for quite a while. Here's a video of a speech he gave a year ago with his first successful candidate Jesse Sullivan.
What good would a channel guide do you if you cancel your cable and no longer have "channels" to tune into?
I was thinking more along the lines of canceling TiVo, but it's also an example of how, without corporate support, these kinds of projects can go wrong.
You would need to sacrifice some components for cheaper ones and sometimes these systems are tweaked so they do one thing and they do it well, but just barely.
Which reminds me, from what I read of the article (before I restarted my browser and discovered the site was Slashdotted) they spent something like $190 on THE CASE! Why the case? I'm thinking I should start making cases in my garage out of plywood and selling them for $100 each.
A $500 box would free me from cable, at the price of about 18 months worth of cable. That's not a very good ROI.
Mod parent up! That's exactly what I'm talking about.
Not only is it not a good return on investment, but you also have to worry about it breaking.
What about channel guides? All of the MythTV users I've talked too complain about them being unreliable, or having to pay a subscription fee for them. It totally defeats the purpose!
You're really at the whim of these content providers to continue to provide programming for free. One little disagreement with your ISP, etc. could render this thing useless.
Well according tot the article, streaming flash only works in Windows & OSX, by your post title I presume you're running some form of Linux. The exact quote is, "You can add streaming sites like Hulu to your sidebar (note: streaming with Flash only works in Windows and OSX)".
I'm guessing this is due to the slight differences in the way Flash is implemented on various Linux distributions, combined with Flash's EULA. Hopefully the Ubuntu developers will enable Flash when they do the build for the repositories. After all, if it works on Windows and OSX, it should work on Linux too.
Lawsuit? There wont be any lawsuit... at least Apple wont be the one filing it. Apple has complete control of the iPod Touch through "The App Store". They simply wont allow these applications to be sold or downloaded.
What's that? Your going to find a way to put it on there without Apple's permission? A simple firmware upgrade will take care of that.
Four decades ago:
747 and concorde launched, first manned moon landing. 40 years later, NASA can barely keep the ISS running (or the shuttle from blowing up).
And how much of that work was done with a pencil and paper?
Result: even XP has editions which are crippled beyond being useful. This is hardly news.
In my experience most of Microsoft's "Home" products lack multiuser support. This becomes a problem when these machines were introduced to the internet and all of the malicious software that comes with it. Every operating system should support multiple users, end of story. Even if only one human being uses a computer, multiuser support gives that person a greater ability to secure his/her system.
Selling crippled products like this is partly to blame for making Windows so susceptible to malicious software in the first place. Further more, it has made an entire generation unaware of what a multiuser system is, and how it can make them more secure.
This is the dumbest idea I have ever heard. Microsoft might as well donate $10 billion to the free software foundation and call it a day.
I predict some hackers come up with a way around this very quickly. I'm thinking something similar to Firefox's tabbed browsing, but for multiple applications.
Although I've never seen anything exactly like this, I've personally built a BEAM robot that foraged for its own "food". Instead of seeking biomass, or hydrocarbons, my little BEAM robot just looked for a light source to charge its capacitors through photovoltaic cells.
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If you RTFS, you'll see that that article you link to was the pilot project with one person, and that this is a slightly larger project with several (TFA doesn't say how many) people.
Yes, but no new breakthroughs have been made. The only thing that's been proven is that the original subject, Jesse Sullivan, was not an isolated case and the procedure is repeatable. Even taking that into consideration, Claudia Mitchell had this procedure done in almost three years ago.
The only real news here is that the work is being submitted to the FDA.
There's even a Slashdot article from a year ago on this topic.
I've been following Dr. Kuiken's technique for quite a while. Here's a video of a speech he gave a year ago with his first successful candidate Jesse Sullivan.
Interesting stuff none the less.
I was still thinking along the lines of the GP (or whoever) up there who said he was gonna ditch cable.
Overzeetop says it best further down the page.
The channel guide scrappers that are currently used with MythTV break every couple of months, what's keeping that from happening with Hulu?
The 'server' is in a different room and it has 2TB of space.
How much does this 'server' cost?
What good would a channel guide do you if you cancel your cable and no longer have "channels" to tune into?
I was thinking more along the lines of canceling TiVo, but it's also an example of how, without corporate support, these kinds of projects can go wrong.
You would need to sacrifice some components for cheaper ones and sometimes these systems are tweaked so they do one thing and they do it well, but just barely.
Which reminds me, from what I read of the article (before I restarted my browser and discovered the site was Slashdotted) they spent something like $190 on THE CASE! Why the case? I'm thinking I should start making cases in my garage out of plywood and selling them for $100 each.
A $500 box would free me from cable, at the price of about 18 months worth of cable. That's not a very good ROI.
Mod parent up! That's exactly what I'm talking about.
Not only is it not a good return on investment, but you also have to worry about it breaking.
What about channel guides? All of the MythTV users I've talked too complain about them being unreliable, or having to pay a subscription fee for them. It totally defeats the purpose!
You're really at the whim of these content providers to continue to provide programming for free. One little disagreement with your ISP, etc. could render this thing useless.
Well according tot the article, streaming flash only works in Windows & OSX, by your post title I presume you're running some form of Linux. The exact quote is, "You can add streaming sites like Hulu to your sidebar (note: streaming with Flash only works in Windows and OSX)".
I'm guessing this is due to the slight differences in the way Flash is implemented on various Linux distributions, combined with Flash's EULA. Hopefully the Ubuntu developers will enable Flash when they do the build for the repositories. After all, if it works on Windows and OSX, it should work on Linux too.
That's nice and all, but how about something sub $300. If one of these can be built sub $200 (including the tuner), I would buy it today.
Shut down by Apple lawsuit in 3...2...1...
Lawsuit? There wont be any lawsuit... at least Apple wont be the one filing it. Apple has complete control of the iPod Touch through "The App Store". They simply wont allow these applications to be sold or downloaded.
What's that? Your going to find a way to put it on there without Apple's permission? A simple firmware upgrade will take care of that.
Four decades ago: 747 and concorde launched, first manned moon landing. 40 years later, NASA can barely keep the ISS running (or the shuttle from blowing up).
And how much of that work was done with a pencil and paper?
Ushanka.
If she's related to Anne Hathaway, she's got my support..
There, fixed it for ya!
the word slide whistle came to mind.
what does CowboyNeal think about the book?
Result: even XP has editions which are crippled beyond being useful. This is hardly news.
In my experience most of Microsoft's "Home" products lack multiuser support. This becomes a problem when these machines were introduced to the internet and all of the malicious software that comes with it. Every operating system should support multiple users, end of story. Even if only one human being uses a computer, multiuser support gives that person a greater ability to secure his/her system.
Selling crippled products like this is partly to blame for making Windows so susceptible to malicious software in the first place. Further more, it has made an entire generation unaware of what a multiuser system is, and how it can make them more secure.
This is the dumbest idea I have ever heard. Microsoft might as well donate $10 billion to the free software foundation and call it a day.
I predict some hackers come up with a way around this very quickly. I'm thinking something similar to Firefox's tabbed browsing, but for multiple applications.
Altough the software says that it supports GE4.3, I did build GE5.0 ant it runs.
I tried the version in the Hardy Heron repositories the other day and it didn't work. It gave me an "unexpected version number" error.
about the EULA not allowing it to be in the Ubuntu repositories.
I think the propulsion system would be much more efficient if the occupant's body wasn't surrounded by water while he/she pedals.
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You can already buy eee PC 900A laptops for $200 at BestBuy.
Can you provide a link to that? I can't seem to find it. The cheapest one on BestBuy.com is $329.99.
Although I've never seen anything exactly like this, I've personally built a BEAM robot that foraged for its own "food". Instead of seeking biomass, or hydrocarbons, my little BEAM robot just looked for a light source to charge its capacitors through photovoltaic cells.
considering the Senate passed the bill unanimously, I figured it would easily make it through the House.