They're not doing it because they think it's wrong for me to save my TV shows. They're doing it to cover themselves in court when the networks are trying to put them out of business. I'd do the same thing if I was them. Tivo is out to make money, not make some philosophical statement about my right to save 150 hours of Star Trek episodes and Japanese porno cartoons on my hard drive.
If Tivo's anti-hacking schemes make you feel like your being treated like a criminal, snatch of one of those soon-to-be-a-doorstop ReplayTV's.
TiVo is more widely known because they have been friendly to their customers, and have not fought customers that are interested in seeing what more they can do with the TiVo products, so long as theft of service is not an issue.
Preface: I have Tivo. I love Tivo.
The Series 2 (with 3.2 software) is hardly hackable at all. A boot PROM checks the signatures of the kernel and all startup files and replaces anything which has been changed before booting. No adding anything to rc init files like on the Series 1. A couple hackers at tivocommunity have socketed their PROM chips and flashed new ones which bypass the ROM checks, but they still haven't succeeded in getting MyWorld (the main tivo app) up and running.
Even if they do manage it, which I'm sure they will, socketing your PROM is still way out of the level of expertise of almost all Tivo users. The general consensus is that the chip is not flashable on board either (long debates about this, as some Tivos appear to ship with PROMs that ARE flashable on board, but even on those there's no way to actually run a flashing utility on the machine since there's no way to get a shell prompt once the box boots because you need to disable the PROM... you see where this is going.)
I don't fault Tivo for this - they are certainly showing they work hard to keep people from being able to extract video, which will probably be good for them in the long run. They're still cool about hard drive upgrades, but that's about all the hacking you can do on the newest units.
I'd be very interested in seeing a survey along the lines of "Your a PC user, do you even consider the apple platform to be a real alternative?" My guess would be a very low % of people honestly consider the platform.
I disagree. I think many of us are in the same boat - seriously interested in a Mac but without the funds to buy one. I've already decided my next computer will be a PowerBook, once I can afford it.
That won't go over well, I've never seen a person be satisfied with PCMCIA CD-ROM solutions..
Not to defend this Lindows laptop because personally I think it looks crappy, but I have a ThinkPad X21 subnotebook and I haven't missed an optical drive one bit. If I ever need to install anything, it goes over the network.
That said I'd buy the iBook over this thing in a second...
Most wireless routers have a bridging mode which just forwards packets back and forth (and doesn't do NAT), which is what it looks like you want. If your wireless router doesn't do that, multiple NAT is okay.
I read the Truth Machine and really enjoyed it, despite the author's extreme liberal bent.
Basically it's about a really smart dude who manages to create a lie detector that works 100% of the time. (Well, except on him, but read the book to find out why...)
I got shot with a taser at CES this month to get a t-shirt. That's right, 50k volts. Hurt like hell. Was it worth a t-shirt? No. Was it worth saying I got shot with a taser? Definitely.
It doesn't matter how good something is that MS puts out - the register will always hate it. It's in the water they drink over there or something. The Reg dropped all pretense of objectivity long ago.
Did you read the post you just responded to? He said to call the Slinky Company and tell them that the telemarketing company they are using is doing so unlawfully. So what's your point again?
The site's/.'ed so I haven't seen the pictures, but I tried out one of the tablet PC's at CompUSA yesterday and I was totally blown away by how good the handwriting recognition was. I scribbled down a few notes as I would on paper, and when I converted it to text it was perfect. I tried like 10 times and there was only 1 very understandable mistake (a humad transcribing what I had written probably would have thought the same thing.)
As far as "it needs a doodle setting", the apps that I used saved things as digital ink by default, and only converted to text when you specifically told it to.
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They're not doing it because they think it's wrong for me to save my TV shows. They're doing it to cover themselves in court when the networks are trying to put them out of business. I'd do the same thing if I was them. Tivo is out to make money, not make some philosophical statement about my right to save 150 hours of Star Trek episodes and Japanese porno cartoons on my hard drive.
If Tivo's anti-hacking schemes make you feel like your being treated like a criminal, snatch of one of those soon-to-be-a-doorstop ReplayTV's.
By the way, if anyone's interested more in this PROM stuff, the thread to read is here.
TiVo is more widely known because they have been friendly to their customers, and have not fought customers that are interested in seeing what more they can do with the TiVo products, so long as theft of service is not an issue.
Preface: I have Tivo. I love Tivo.
The Series 2 (with 3.2 software) is hardly hackable at all. A boot PROM checks the signatures of the kernel and all startup files and replaces anything which has been changed before booting. No adding anything to rc init files like on the Series 1. A couple hackers at tivocommunity have socketed their PROM chips and flashed new ones which bypass the ROM checks, but they still haven't succeeded in getting MyWorld (the main tivo app) up and running.
Even if they do manage it, which I'm sure they will, socketing your PROM is still way out of the level of expertise of almost all Tivo users. The general consensus is that the chip is not flashable on board either (long debates about this, as some Tivos appear to ship with PROMs that ARE flashable on board, but even on those there's no way to actually run a flashing utility on the machine since there's no way to get a shell prompt once the box boots because you need to disable the PROM... you see where this is going.)
I don't fault Tivo for this - they are certainly showing they work hard to keep people from being able to extract video, which will probably be good for them in the long run. They're still cool about hard drive upgrades, but that's about all the hacking you can do on the newest units.
A Tivo's not for you then.
Stop thinking about it and get one. Seriously.
Somebody else can change a game you created? I've never played any XBOX games but that doesn't sound cool...
I think what he's trying to say is, if a story is posted >20 minutes early, subscribers will still only see it 20 minutes early.
I'd be very interested in seeing a survey along the lines of "Your a PC user, do you even consider the apple platform to be a real alternative?" My guess would be a very low % of people honestly consider the platform.
I disagree. I think many of us are in the same boat - seriously interested in a Mac but without the funds to buy one. I've already decided my next computer will be a PowerBook, once I can afford it.
That won't go over well, I've never seen a person be satisfied with PCMCIA CD-ROM solutions..
Not to defend this Lindows laptop because personally I think it looks crappy, but I have a ThinkPad X21 subnotebook and I haven't missed an optical drive one bit. If I ever need to install anything, it goes over the network.
That said I'd buy the iBook over this thing in a second...
Most wireless routers have a bridging mode which just forwards packets back and forth (and doesn't do NAT), which is what it looks like you want. If your wireless router doesn't do that, multiple NAT is okay.
Slashdot doesn't validate [w3.org]. Taco: Comply with W3C specs!
Why should he comply with W3C specs when it's easier to just block referrals from w3.org?
Well, here you go. Knock yourself out.
Yes, it's possible.
I read the Truth Machine and really enjoyed it, despite the author's extreme liberal bent.
Basically it's about a really smart dude who manages to create a lie detector that works 100% of the time. (Well, except on him, but read the book to find out why...)
I got shot with a taser at CES this month to get a t-shirt. That's right, 50k volts. Hurt like hell. Was it worth a t-shirt? No. Was it worth saying I got shot with a taser? Definitely.
What is there not to like about Tivo's business model?
I don't care how much you can do with it, if it doesn't do everything my Tivo does first. Which MythTV doesn't.
For $200 you could have the real thing.
Isn't "Professional PHP4" an oxymoron?
If you had read the article, you would know that there are 2 kinds of tablet PCs:
- slate: includes no keyboard and is completely display driven
- convertible: which is exactly what you described that will be 'king'.
The advantages/disadvantages of both are obvious. Slates are thinner and lighter, convertibles have a keyboard.
It doesn't matter how good something is that MS puts out - the register will always hate it. It's in the water they drink over there or something. The Reg dropped all pretense of objectivity long ago.
Did you read the post you just responded to? He said to call the Slinky Company and tell them that the telemarketing company they are using is doing so unlawfully. So what's your point again?
I plan to build my own with an IR transmitter so it can properly change the cable box as well.
What does this mean? TiVo will change the channels on your cable box via IR.
All 40-hour TiVo branded boxes are TCD2, or so I've been told. I just got one and mine is TCD2. With AT&T branded ones, it's a gamble.
The site's /.'ed so I haven't seen the pictures, but I tried out one of the tablet PC's at CompUSA yesterday and I was totally blown away by how good the handwriting recognition was. I scribbled down a few notes as I would on paper, and when I converted it to text it was perfect. I tried like 10 times and there was only 1 very understandable mistake (a humad transcribing what I had written probably would have thought the same thing.)
As far as "it needs a doodle setting", the apps that I used saved things as digital ink by default, and only converted to text when you specifically told it to.