TiVo uses UUNet dialups to send their information. It would be a simple configuration to reach the "Next Step" and get guidedata via broadband.
Currently the information is only at 215k, which isn't SOOPAFAST or anything, but for what is normally a 15 minute or so call via 33.6, it would be much different.
Yes. All of their service goes over the internet. The dialup numbers that TiVo uses are merely UUNet dialups, which then make a connection to TiVoHQ via the internet.
Thank god for TiVo. I use it to pick up robot wars on my local PBS channel.
Nice thing about BB instead of Robot Wars, is they don't have "House Robots".
Exactly Exactly Exactly! The last time Gutenberg was mentioned on slashdot, people said the same thing. We need HTML/PDF/DOC... and so on. The point of Gutenberg, is that these books are built out of the simple building block of ASCII. HTML as a standard may go out the window. PDF's days are numbered, and the PDF's of tomorrow won't look anything like the PDF's of today. DOC... well, What exactly is a DOC? MS Word? Plain ASCII? RTF? If these books are put into ASCII, that insures that they will be available tomorrow and the next day.
My writing teacher in High School was so worried about all the worlds books being put on computers. She was worried that it could be locked away from people by one authority. I'm fairly certain that it would happen as she predicts. Gutenburg is a good example of that. Where are entities like the EFF, in Hart's case? While they rally to DeCSS's cause, others like this one go hungry. Please don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying DeCSS is without merit. Literature for the masses though, is a tad more important than DVD.
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TiVo uses UUNet dialups to send their information. It would be a simple configuration to reach the "Next Step" and get guidedata via broadband. Currently the information is only at 215k, which isn't SOOPAFAST or anything, but for what is normally a 15 minute or so call via 33.6, it would be much different.
Yes. All of their service goes over the internet. The dialup numbers that TiVo uses are merely UUNet dialups, which then make a connection to TiVoHQ via the internet.
Thank god for TiVo. I use it to pick up robot wars on my local PBS channel. Nice thing about BB instead of Robot Wars, is they don't have "House Robots".
Exactly Exactly Exactly! The last time Gutenberg was mentioned on slashdot, people said the same thing. We need HTML/PDF/DOC... and so on. The point of Gutenberg, is that these books are built out of the simple building block of ASCII. HTML as a standard may go out the window. PDF's days are numbered, and the PDF's of tomorrow won't look anything like the PDF's of today. DOC... well, What exactly is a DOC? MS Word? Plain ASCII? RTF?
If these books are put into ASCII, that insures that they will be available tomorrow and the next day.
My writing teacher in High School was so worried about all the worlds books being put on computers. She was worried that it could be locked away from people by one authority. I'm fairly certain that it would happen as she predicts. Gutenburg is a good example of that. Where are entities like the EFF, in Hart's case? While they rally to DeCSS's cause, others like this one go hungry. Please don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying DeCSS is without merit. Literature for the masses though, is a tad more important than DVD.
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