The way this is implemented bothers me a little bit. I could be wrong but it looks like they are just creating hot spots and using some 802.11 variant to get into the home.
I live in Raleigh and thought about getting more information until I saw this. Since they are doing it this way they can really limit how you can use the service. Most other broadband ISP's have an ethernet solution which allows you to use any of these routers that are on the market (linksys, netgear, linux using iptables, etc) but with this method you can really be screwed. First of all the can hide the WEP so that only machines that they approve of can even connect to the hot spot in the first place. So they could very easily support only Windows clients (or maybe Mac too). But Linux users would be screwed. And I have never heard of a wifi to wifi router or wifi to ethernet router so sharing inside you home without them knowing about it could be problematic. I just see all kinds of problems that this might cause.
I am all for choice but this really smells fishy to me.
With the advent of Tivo and whatever other PVR you want to throw in the mix you are going to see a lot of product placement in TV shows and/or shows sponsored by a product much like they did in the early days of TV. The commercial is going to be so ingrained in the show the only way not to watch it is to not watch the show.
Network TV is supported by the ads so if most people are skipping the ads then one of two things has to happen:
1) Network TV, at least free network TV, goes away (not likely) 2) Ads change to get around the PVR
The whole idea of time shifting affecting the money making abibility of a show is kinda silly. If a show is good it will be watched whenever.
The one thing I did that I found more useful was write (with some help from a friend) a tool to get data from our group calendaring program (CorpTime) and page me 30 minutes before a meeting. I almost always wear my pager mainly because it is so small. When PDA's get that small I think they will be more useful.
The Hollings bill has drawn the support of major recording companies, who believe fast Internet connections and an array of digital devices such as MP3 players and CD burners, as well as Napster and other file-sharing services, were partly responsible for a decline in album sales last year
The economic slump had nothing to do with it, it was Napster
Ok, fine methanol works as a safe hydrogen storage method, but I was under the impression that fuel cells use hydrogen AND oxygen to create electricity and as a byproduct create H2O.
Where does this water go? Does it evaporate or am I going to have to take my laptop for a pee?
While the hell the PTO doesn't employ some moderately technically literate people to make sure these stupid patents are never granted in the first place is beyond me.
If there should be any blame placed it should be with the PTO, although Altavista (CMGI) should know better. It seems to me that the incredible incompetence of this organization to allow these sort of obvious prior art patents to go through is making a bunch of lawyers rich while at the same time causing all kinds of trouble for everyday users.
A company publishes a software product riddled with bugs. Customers complain. The company's response is, "Well, look how much worse the other guy is! At least we let you see the source code!"
I for one agree with Bob Young. Large scale software products alway have bugs and always will. The difference is the business model which i think in Redhat's case is heads above M$. Dot 0 releases in almost any product have general problems and it is not until the product has been put through the extensive tests of production do most of these bugs show up. If you want bug free code wait for 7.1 or 7.2. If you want a company that truly doesn't care about its customers go buy Windoze. But just quit busting on a company that is working hard to do the right thing.
My question is why hasn't someone turned a linux box into a tivo. I know tivo runs linux in the first place so this shouldn't be impossible. Then you could put whatever type of network connection you wanted on it. Does the supported hardware (ie third party) exist using linux to capture video?
-- Bill
Ok so dialup is standard fare. Isn't it possible to use an Airport with a modem or ethernet. I for one have a cable modem with linux as my firewall and bunches of ethernet ports to connect multiple machines. My problem is running the cables since I live in an apartment. Why not put some sort of wireless connection in these devices and then let the box (airport for example) it talks to determine whether or not to use dialup or ethernet. Most of these machines don't need kick ass bandwith so even slow 2mb wireless should be sufficient. Just my 2c.
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Bill
What kinda marketing genius came up with the idea to out AOL on Linux. Most of the people I have seen using AOL barely know how to turn a computer on and most people who use linux never want to turn their computers off:) But seriously, I see these 2 groups of users as so different that no one would ever mix the two. If AOL is trying again to gain more market share, they are going after the wrong demographic. Although if you could make this into one of those I-opener net appliance things that might work.
Found this book on setting up a redhat server for doing this sorta thing. The book looks fairly well designed and new versions are available on the web. Check it out....
http://www.openna.com/books/book.htm
Since the source code for DeCCS has been deemed to be illegal how much has to be there first? So in other words 3 different sites have 3 different pieces. Or is any of the source code on a site illegal? Anybody know?
How they hell do they determine whether or not the program will be successful? They have one of two choices 1) They grab the kid before he does anything (you just look guilty) 2) They wait until the kid blows up half of the school and then says "Got that one right. We knew he was bad) I don't really like either one of those situations. -Bill was here
Slashdot Mirror
someone was hosting a Dancing Bush site.
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Billwashere
The way this is implemented bothers me a little bit. I could be wrong but it looks like they are just creating hot spots and using some 802.11 variant to get into the home.
I live in Raleigh and thought about getting more information until I saw this. Since they are doing it this way they can really limit how you can use the service. Most other broadband ISP's have an ethernet solution which allows you to use any of these routers that are on the market (linksys, netgear, linux using iptables, etc) but with this method you can really be screwed. First of all the can hide the WEP so that only machines that they approve of can even connect to the hot spot in the first place. So they could very easily support only Windows clients (or maybe Mac too). But Linux users would be screwed. And I have never heard of a wifi to wifi router or wifi to ethernet router so sharing inside you home without them knowing about it could be problematic. I just see all kinds of problems that this might cause.
I am all for choice but this really smells fishy to me.
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Billwashere
With the advent of Tivo and whatever other PVR you want to throw in the mix you are going to see a lot of product placement in TV shows and/or shows sponsored by a product much like they did in the early days of TV. The commercial is going to be so ingrained in the show the only way not to watch it is to not watch the show.
Network TV is supported by the ads so if most people are skipping the ads then one of two things has to happen:
1) Network TV, at least free network TV, goes away (not likely)
2) Ads change to get around the PVR
The whole idea of time shifting affecting the money making abibility of a show is kinda silly. If a show is good it will be watched whenever.
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Billwashere
They do make USB to Serial converters for just that purpose :)
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Billwashere
mainly just as an offline browser (read AvantGo).
The one thing I did that I found more useful was write (with some help from a friend) a tool to get data from our group calendaring program (CorpTime) and page me 30 minutes before a meeting. I almost always wear my pager mainly because it is so small. When PDA's get that small I think they will be more useful.
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Billwashere
Can I have it then
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Billwashere
If you could get a do-over for any movie which would it be?
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Billwashere
The economic slump had nothing to do with it, it was Napster
Gees, gimme a freakin' break..
Where does this water go? Does it evaporate or am I going to have to take my laptop for a pee?
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billwashere
Am I going to have to take my laptop for a pee?
No sig here. Move along.
Microsoft could then be charged with aiding terrorism by making their OS so easily accessible :)
--billwashere
or was it WinSock... not sure but it was one of them..
--billwashere
You missed the point. The news agency is irrelevant. The fact that it is a senator (or any other prominent person) that is being accused is the point.
wait till this happens to some senator... and then gets picked up by some major news agency... like CNN. I just hope its copyrighted pr0n :)
-- This is a stickup. Give me all you .sig
-- bill
If there should be any blame placed it should be with the PTO, although Altavista (CMGI) should know better. It seems to me that the incredible incompetence of this organization to allow these sort of obvious prior art patents to go through is making a bunch of lawyers rich while at the same time causing all kinds of trouble for everyday users.
Lawyers really piss me off!
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billwashere
I for one agree with Bob Young. Large scale software products alway have bugs and always will. The difference is the business model which i think in Redhat's case is heads above M$. Dot 0 releases in almost any product have general problems and it is not until the product has been put through the extensive tests of production do most of these bugs show up. If you want bug free code wait for 7.1 or 7.2. If you want a company that truly doesn't care about its customers go buy Windoze. But just quit busting on a company that is working hard to do the right thing.
--Billwashere
My question is why hasn't someone turned a linux box into a tivo. I know tivo runs linux in the first place so this shouldn't be impossible. Then you could put whatever type of network connection you wanted on it. Does the supported hardware (ie third party) exist using linux to capture video?
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Bill
Ok so dialup is standard fare. Isn't it possible to use an Airport with a modem or ethernet. I for one have a cable modem with linux as my firewall and bunches of ethernet ports to connect multiple machines. My problem is running the cables since I live in an apartment. Why not put some sort of wireless connection in these devices and then let the box (airport for example) it talks to determine whether or not to use dialup or ethernet. Most of these machines don't need kick ass bandwith so even slow 2mb wireless should be sufficient. Just my 2c. -- Bill
I can just hear it now....
You've got Linux
Found this book on setting up a redhat server for doing this sorta thing. The book looks fairly well designed and new versions are available on the web. Check it out.... http://www.openna.com/books/book.htm
Since the source code for DeCCS has been deemed to be illegal how much has to be there first? So in other words 3 different sites have 3 different pieces. Or is any of the source code on a site illegal? Anybody know?
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Bill was here
How they hell do they determine whether or not the program will be successful? They have one of two choices 1) They grab the kid before he does anything (you just look guilty) 2) They wait until the kid blows up half of the school and then says "Got that one right. We knew he was bad) I don't really like either one of those situations. -Bill was here