MS may have Apple beat (I don't know about OSX, never used it), but it certainly doesn't have Linux beat here. You can have multiple users logged in simultaneously from the console, each with a separate X session if you prefer, each on a separate virtual terminal. Switching between them is as simple as ctrl-alt-F1, F2, etc. (ctrl-alt-F7, F8 etc. for X sessions). Much faster than switching users in XP.
I've had a TiVo for 2-1/2 years, and it's still going strong. If you don't do something stupid, as in dropping it from the 5th floor, the box itself is pretty reliable. And for the lifetime of the company - 2 years ago there were the exact same articles predicting the imminent demise of the company. Yet there they still are.
When I was in highschool, someone - who, me? nooooo...:) - made some NI3 and left little chunks of it, still wet, on the edges of several toilet bowls. That was good fun.
The TiVo can be as hard or as easy as you want it to be. If all you do is skim the surface, you'll find that the TiVo user interface was _specifically_ made for those people whose VCRs still flash 12:00. In other words, it's very easy to make work as a "replacement VCR" and much more. If you want to get into the technical details, it can get pretty complicated, but you're not required or even encouraged to do so for day-to-day operation.
...unless they specifically address the bullying issues they have towards the consumer.
I used to have a Hotmail account, for several years (even before they were bought by MS). I was only logging in every 3-4 months, mostly to keep it active, because it wasn't my main email address.
One day I found in it a message informing me that I had been automatically issued a passport. Without my consent. They had just taken the info in my hotmail registration and created a passport for me, without asking my permission. I got very angry, and asked that the "passport" be removed, because I didn't want it. The reply was "it cannot be removed, once you got one, you're stuck with it forever". It seems that, by logging into my hotmail account after they had sent me the info, I had "automatically given them permission to activate the passport". But nowhere on the login page was there any information about this!
I eventually let the hotmail account expire, but AFAIK the passport account they crammed down my throat is still there. There is no option to delete it.
The modifications that they made to the kernel and GPL tools are right here in source form.
On the other hand, the application that does the recording, scheduling and rendering has been written by them from scratch, and as such they decided to keep it closed source. It's their right.
I think the message they want to get across is: if you think a ground floor window is unlocked, do neither. Just look away.
Sad, isn't it? I guess we should do just that - see where that'll lead. I will for sure never alert anyone of their security flaws, especially if they're govt.-related, be it the FBI, the CIA, the NSA or whatever. Never.
Oh come on, VIA is competition for them what did you think they would say? "Go buy it, we'll be happy if you do so instead of buying ours"? It would be ludicrous, just as, say, Microsoft advising you to buy RedHat.
It allows for studies of cell development pathways & regulation, IOW will allow in the future, e.g. if you lose a limb in an accident, to have your doctor harvest a few cells from you and grow a new limb.
Yea, I remember Iomega and the click of death. And what came out of it? By settlement, they gave the ones affected... coupons valid only towards the purchase of more Iomega products. Sucks. So, you can expect Sony to reimburse you with promotions for more protected CDs.
Yeah.. just wait until the said script kiddiez figure out the way to repackage backorifice so that it looks like a "security patch" that gets automatically installed.:)
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MS may have Apple beat (I don't know about OSX, never used it), but it certainly doesn't have Linux beat here. You can have multiple users logged in simultaneously from the console, each with a separate X session if you prefer, each on a separate virtual terminal. Switching between them is as simple as ctrl-alt-F1, F2, etc. (ctrl-alt-F7, F8 etc. for X sessions). Much faster than switching users in XP.
That would be biodiesel, or "soy Diesel".
You can have the farming's equipment Diesels burn BioDiesel. Or try this link. Or this one. There are choices.
It does make me curious: which distros of Linux provide similar PVR support. Mmmm?
TiVo.
Not to mention that the one who actually made the announcement (RB) now works for the competition... :)
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TiVo for 2-1/2 years.
I've had a TiVo for 2-1/2 years, and it's still going strong. If you don't do something stupid, as in dropping it from the 5th floor, the box itself is pretty reliable. And for the lifetime of the company - 2 years ago there were the exact same articles predicting the imminent demise of the company. Yet there they still are.
When I was in highschool, someone - who, me? nooooo... :) - made some NI3 and left little chunks of it, still wet, on the edges of several toilet bowls. That was good fun.
Good point Steve, I was about to make it when I saw your post.
Nick is an electronics wizard, he's got plenty of ideas - check out the other thread about the IDE/RAM caching board. Genius.
The property illustrated here is called "tixotropy".
http://www.tivo.com/linux
Not true. TiVo is an independent company based in California. Thay had some manufacturing agreements with Philips, as they did/do with Sony, RCA, etc.
The TiVo can be as hard or as easy as you want it to be. If all you do is skim the surface, you'll find that the TiVo user interface was _specifically_ made for those people whose VCRs still flash 12:00. In other words, it's very easy to make work as a "replacement VCR" and much more. If you want to get into the technical details, it can get pretty complicated, but you're not required or even encouraged to do so for day-to-day operation.
AKA Cordwainer Smith, for Norstrilia, the cycle of the Instrumentality, and many more. Good stuff. Go read it.
...unless they specifically address the bullying issues they have towards the consumer.
I used to have a Hotmail account, for several years (even before they were bought by MS). I was only logging in every 3-4 months, mostly to keep it active, because it wasn't my main email address.
One day I found in it a message informing me that I had been automatically issued a passport. Without my consent. They had just taken the info in my hotmail registration and created a passport for me, without asking my permission. I got very angry, and asked that the "passport" be removed, because I didn't want it. The reply was "it cannot be removed, once you got one, you're stuck with it forever". It seems that, by logging into my hotmail account after they had sent me the info, I had "automatically given them permission to activate the passport". But nowhere on the login page was there any information about this!
I eventually let the hotmail account expire, but AFAIK the passport account they crammed down my throat is still there. There is no option to delete it.
The modifications that they made to the kernel and GPL tools are right here in source form.
On the other hand, the application that does the recording, scheduling and rendering has been written by them from scratch, and as such they decided to keep it closed source. It's their right.
Let's see if they sell more chips this way. Somehow I doubt it.
I think the message they want to get across is: if you think a ground floor window is unlocked, do neither. Just look away.
Sad, isn't it? I guess we should do just that - see where that'll lead. I will for sure never alert anyone of their security flaws, especially if they're govt.-related, be it the FBI, the CIA, the NSA or whatever. Never.
Oh come on, VIA is competition for them what did you think they would say? "Go buy it, we'll be happy if you do so instead of buying ours"? It would be ludicrous, just as, say, Microsoft advising you to buy RedHat.
It allows for studies of cell development pathways & regulation, IOW will allow in the future, e.g. if you lose a limb in an accident, to have your doctor harvest a few cells from you and grow a new limb.
Frankly, I think FreeBSD may be the frontend only - what sends it on the 'net at large. The backend server may very well be a TRS-80.
Yea, I remember Iomega and the click of death. And what came out of it? By settlement, they gave the ones affected... coupons valid only towards the purchase of more Iomega products. Sucks. So, you can expect Sony to reimburse you with promotions for more protected CDs.
...but I like a ':' before my '\w', thank you.
Yeah.. just wait until the said script kiddiez figure out the way to repackage backorifice so that it looks like a "security patch" that gets automatically installed. :)
I use cdrecord-1.9 on Linux. BTW, a port of cdrecord is available for Windows, and it's GPLed. You don't have to pay a dime to use it.