The answer is no Freevo doesn't seem to be there yet, but MythTV does seem to be there, although it's hardware requirements make it one very expensive alternative to Tivo.
On the other hand it is much more flexible than Tivo and has several advantages if you have it in multiple rooms. (central storage, ability to use an Xbox as a frontend...)
I've been after Yahoo! for years to make their Java stuff compatible with Java but they won't listen, I guess Yahoo! Games and Yahoo!'s web based chat will die out with Win98 at the end of the month.
That my friend is what ground loop isolators are for. If you have a ground loop problem (and you'll know it if you do) you pop one of these simple little devices onto the problem connection... and problem solved. Of course you could also solve it with a well wired home.
Ground loop problems aren't as common as the guys at Best Buy would have you believe.
Not to mention that the more connections (ie electron to light and light to electron convertor circuits) the more potential to introduce errors.
Coax just makes a lot more sense, I'm surprised to see things like Playstations and Minidisc player/recorders unnecessarily complicating things by using optical outputs/inputs.
I think that a person interested in the source for the binary would have to be technically knowledgable enough to be able to read a readme on the same distribution medium as the binary. And I'm sure that same distribution medium would be considered acceptable. I don't believe that a written (ink on paper) notice in the box with it has to be given or Linksys would be in a lot more trouble than they already were. I've bought many a linksys product and never seen a note saying that the router was based on Linux let alone that I could download the source from their web site (which you can)...or that I could order it by mail.
Maybe they do, have you looked to see that there is no README on the flash card that the binary kernel is on?
If not then you are speculating just as much as everyone else here.
I really wish just once I could read a Slashdot article where I didn't have to wade through 2 pages of speculation and "imagine a beowulf of these" to get to intelligent comments
Which distro are you using? I can guarantee there is an easier way to do things than you are doing now, manually downloading an RPM/DEB file is backwards you should be using your package manager to do that for you. The only time you ought to be compiling is if you want to be bleeding edge or if for some reason the distro you are using doesn't have a package for the program you want to use. (this should be VERY rare)
Downloading software the way windows users do is just WRONG in the context of Linux. Use the tools your distro gives you. (apt/urpmi/emerge/up2date/lindows mall/etc.) there are even graphical ways of using most of these installed by default. Linux users don't have to download software for their Linux distro, they only have to tell the computer what software they want IT to download for them, it will automagically find it, download it, (optionally compile it) and install it.
I wish I had that tech when I was in University, I probably wouldn't have taken as long to finish projects if I could see my movies without turning my head away from the screen I was coding on....then again it probably would lead to some serious eye strain after a while.
The XBox is a different architecture than a standard PC. For example, the video RAM and system RAM are shared.
This is not uncommon in integrated motherboards, infact Nvidia's nforce motherboards are basically the same chipset as x-box from what I've read. AGP allows video cards to use system RAM, but just as any gamer with any technical knowledge at all will tell you, a seperate RAM for video built onto the video card will make it faster, so video card companies put lots of fast RAM on the card because they want to make it fast, not because they have to anymore.
The first 20 mins of A New hope is R2 and 3PO wandering the desert. I think with nearly 1/3 of the movie to themselves they count as leading characters. Not to mention they are the only ones other than Kenobi and Vader who appear in all 6 movies.
Sounds cool, I can't wait till they start offering service to us up here in Canada.
Unlimited calls to Canada and USA for $34.99US/month sounds good to me. Not to mention all the usual features (call waiting, voicemail etc.) at no additional cost.
In Ontario and Quebec (Bell Canada territory) it WAS $20/month, but then they put a cap on it so it was $20/month to a certain point then back to regular rates for additional phone calls beyond that.
I was a bit sad to see that $20 unlimited rate go, but they can get away with it because for a lot of people it still seemed like $20/month flat rate... but when you've got a roommate who makes daily 3 hour calls from Toronto to Sault St. Marie it adds up and you quickly go over that $20 "unlimited" threshold in to pay by the minute land again.
Besides, who says it's for the consoles, and not periperals or online services?
Maybe IBM is building PPC based servers for MS's next online RPG?
Maybe old IBM processor designs will be used in a new Force Feedback joystick... the article is way too vague to say for sure that it's the CPU of Xbox2 that they are talking about.
Also a lot of small-run semi-custom software where there may be only a few dozen businesses in the world that would have a use for it will use dongles, if you only have a market for 12 copies world wide one pirated copy is a VERY big deal.
I've encountered problems with dongles before, the last company I worked for bought a nice new server that happened to have no parallel port and only 1 64bit PCI slot. The main piece of software they wanted it for had a dongle that would not work with a USB->Parallel adapter and the company had no newer dongles...and they couldn't find a parallel card that fit the 64bit slot... they tried to order the 32bit riser from Dell, but Dell didn't have any it delayed the migration by months.
Needless to say, I really dislike the idea of dongles.
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Just what we need, a revival of punchcards. ick!
Myth supports 2 different commercial skip modes (3 if you count using both together)
The answer is no Freevo doesn't seem to be there yet, but MythTV does seem to be there, although it's hardware requirements make it one very expensive alternative to Tivo.
On the other hand it is much more flexible than Tivo and has several advantages if you have it in multiple rooms. (central storage, ability to use an Xbox as a frontend...)
Nevermind I take that back, seems they've done a lot of work in the last 6 months.
I've been after Yahoo! for years to make their Java stuff compatible with Java but they won't listen, I guess Yahoo! Games and Yahoo!'s web based chat will die out with Win98 at the end of the month.
To be fair this is more on the scale of someone compromizing a SUS server, not really like compromizing windowsupdate.microsoft.com
That my friend is what ground loop isolators are for. If you have a ground loop problem (and you'll know it if you do) you pop one of these simple little devices onto the problem connection... and problem solved. Of course you could also solve it with a well wired home.
Ground loop problems aren't as common as the guys at Best Buy would have you believe.
Not to mention that the more connections (ie electron to light and light to electron convertor circuits) the more potential to introduce errors.
Coax just makes a lot more sense, I'm surprised to see things like Playstations and Minidisc player/recorders unnecessarily complicating things by using optical outputs/inputs.
I think that a person interested in the source for the binary would have to be technically knowledgable enough to be able to read a readme on the same distribution medium as the binary. And I'm sure that same distribution medium would be considered acceptable. I don't believe that a written (ink on paper) notice in the box with it has to be given or Linksys would be in a lot more trouble than they already were. I've bought many a linksys product and never seen a note saying that the router was based on Linux let alone that I could download the source from their web site (which you can) ...or that I could order it by mail.
Maybe they do, have you looked to see that there is no README on the flash card that the binary kernel is on?
If not then you are speculating just as much as everyone else here.
I really wish just once I could read a Slashdot article where I didn't have to wade through 2 pages of speculation and "imagine a beowulf of these" to get to intelligent comments
Let's include in the distribution's web site a list of radio sites that broadcast in ogg ( i have such a list).
Mind sharing that with us?
I know I'd be interested in it.
Which distro are you using? I can guarantee there is an easier way to do things than you are doing now, manually downloading an RPM/DEB file is backwards you should be using your package manager to do that for you. The only time you ought to be compiling is if you want to be bleeding edge or if for some reason the distro you are using doesn't have a package for the program you want to use. (this should be VERY rare)
Downloading software the way windows users do is just WRONG in the context of Linux. Use the tools your distro gives you. (apt/urpmi/emerge/up2date/lindows mall/etc.) there are even graphical ways of using most of these installed by default. Linux users don't have to download software for their Linux distro, they only have to tell the computer what software they want IT to download for them, it will automagically find it, download it, (optionally compile it) and install it.
Palladium is exciting like a horror movie is exciting.
Nice site, but they are missing one of my favorite MP3.com categories... comedy.
Or better yet, get a playstation that runs linux and write your own games. :)
I wish I had that tech when I was in University, I probably wouldn't have taken as long to finish projects if I could see my movies without turning my head away from the screen I was coding on. ...then again it probably would lead to some serious eye strain after a while.
The XBox is a different architecture than a standard PC. For example, the video RAM and system RAM are shared.
This is not uncommon in integrated motherboards, infact Nvidia's nforce motherboards are basically the same chipset as x-box from what I've read. AGP allows video cards to use system RAM, but just as any gamer with any technical knowledge at all will tell you, a seperate RAM for video built onto the video card will make it faster, so video card companies put lots of fast RAM on the card because they want to make it fast, not because they have to anymore.
The first 20 mins of A New hope is R2 and 3PO wandering the desert. I think with nearly 1/3 of the movie to themselves they count as leading characters. Not to mention they are the only ones other than Kenobi and Vader who appear in all 6 movies.
Sounds cool, I can't wait till they start offering service to us up here in Canada.
Unlimited calls to Canada and USA for $34.99US/month sounds good to me.
Not to mention all the usual features (call waiting, voicemail etc.) at no additional cost.
Where in Canada?
In Ontario and Quebec (Bell Canada territory) it WAS $20/month, but then they put a cap on it so it was $20/month to a certain point then back to regular rates for additional phone calls beyond that.
I was a bit sad to see that $20 unlimited rate go, but they can get away with it because for a lot of people it still seemed like $20/month flat rate... but when you've got a roommate who makes daily 3 hour calls from Toronto to Sault St. Marie it adds up and you quickly go over that $20 "unlimited" threshold in to pay by the minute land again.
Besides, who says it's for the consoles, and not periperals or online services?
Maybe IBM is building PPC based servers for MS's next online RPG?
Maybe old IBM processor designs will be used in a new Force Feedback joystick... the article is way too vague to say for sure that it's the CPU of Xbox2 that they are talking about.
If, as the artcle speculates, it is a G5 with less cache... months ago.
Now what I want is a tool with an integrated W3 checker
you mean like Mozilla composer?
Tools - Validate HTML
Also a lot of small-run semi-custom software where there may be only a few dozen businesses in the world that would have a use for it will use dongles, if you only have a market for 12 copies world wide one pirated copy is a VERY big deal.
...and they couldn't find a parallel card that fit the 64bit slot... they tried to order the 32bit riser from Dell, but Dell didn't have any it delayed the migration by months.
I've encountered problems with dongles before, the last company I worked for bought a nice new server that happened to have no parallel port and only 1 64bit PCI slot. The main piece of software they wanted it for had a dongle that would not work with a USB->Parallel adapter and the company had no newer dongles
Needless to say, I really dislike the idea of dongles.