From the greeting, you probably already know it's me. I take it this Rich as in scanning software (avoiding names on this public site)? Chuck me a mail (not too hard to work out from the homepage) about how it goes.
There must be more to it then just playing any burned DVD, but whatever protection is used is just asking to be hacked. I really don't see where Sony is going with this one.
Remember that Sony sell DVD burners. It's odd, at the moment, that I can burn my DVD on Sony equipment but not play it back on Sony equipment.
Thanks - looks pretty much like what I'm after. The trouble is though, I'm in the UK and Tivo has stopped distributing hardware here. I can't get a series 2 box, which is a shame because as you say it's exactly what I'm looking for.
Importing's out too - too many different I/O hassles (no SCART, NTSC not PAL etc.).
Quick question to the world: is anyone running one of these on an Epia board, preferably the fanless variety?
I'm a current (and very happy) Tivo user, but I wouldn't mind the ability to add MP3 playback and so I've been keeping half an eye on Freevo. The idea would be to put a fanless Epia-M into a hi-fi style case, and use it purely through a remote of some kind. Just like a Tivo in fact, but with the ability to do music too.
You understand the word 'Compulsory' as in you do not have a choice...
...which is why I asked about the courts. I do understand that word, but I do not accept that authority exists to use it against me in this instance. I wouldn't refuse to pay - I would take the position that there is no valid demand on me which even requires consideration.
Not every internet user is in the same country. In which nation will this license be based, and in which court will it be enforced? How will I indicate my acceptence of it?
To be honest, it sounds like pie in the sky to me.
There's a bug in the MP3 VBR playback. Basically, the iPod requires your MP3 to have a Xing header on it, not the newer Fraunhoffer VBR header. My encoder produces VBRs with Fraunhoffer headers not Xing, so I always have to post-process them. The bug manifests itself if you pause, fast forward or rewind - doing so causes the iPod to lose the correct track length and it usually cuts the track off early.
Fortunately, another Slashdotter pointed me to the (Windows-based) solution - a utility that adds a Xing header. It can be had from here, in the Downloads section.
Most vital comms can be done over the web/videoconferencing negating the need for fast travel to and from the USA.
At a business level, possibly. Perhaps. Vaguely. However, on a personal level, absolutely not.
I think modern air travel is rubbish. I think this primarily because it's so slow. I'd love to nip over to the States and back in a day (I live near London), but the seven or so hours just to get to New York are rather off-putting. I went to Singapore - took about twelve/thirteen hours. UK/Australia is a fairly common trip too - that takes a full day. Name another form of transport that hasn't got faster since the sixties?*
I'd rather see faster planes than bigger planes. Airline companies, of course, would rather see bigger than faster. There's a fundemental gap between consumer and provider there, and it's unlikely to be bridged anytime soon.
Cheers,
Ian
(*to those in the UK, Connex South Central doesn't count...)
The yellow star and the pink star had rather real, somehwat drastic physical consequences. Not merely some lightweight psychological nonsense inside a standard work-a-day job.
Psychological effects of having to wear an orange badge whilst other people have blue badges...? For god's sake, get a bit of backbone.
I'm a contractor. I don't get benefits from the company I'm working for and nor should I - I'm not its employee. I would expect it to treat employees better. Frankly, I can live without 'promotional swag'. I don't get invited to company parties? Well, guess what? The client company doesn't get invited to mine either...
As a contractor, I am the boss of my own company and I have an explicit business arrangement with the client. That's it. Doesn't go any further, shouldn't go any further. I have no interest in whether they give me blue, orange or sky-blue pink with polka dots security cards - their choice and privilege. Now sign this invoice here...
Noone is going to use an application that isn't either finished and final, or beta but likely to stick around. 95% of OSS projects are neither.
Leaves 5% that are. For business use then, stick with that 5% then, which are usually the bigger projects like the Linux kernel, Gnome/KDE, Mozilla, Evolution etc.. That's no different to having a standard 'approved suppliers' list.
Suppose the software actually does what it was designed for, and no longer needs development? Under the scheme proposed, that project would be labelled 'abandoned'.
That can't be right. It's like judging programmers on lines of code per month all over again...
Now if I could get a £200 machine that would record MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 in real-time and control my cable decoder box and only cost £5-10 a year to run I would buy one today.
UK-based then, like me? £200 you can't do, but £300 is an option for that at the moment. Tivo UK is selling off its hardware for £99, and a lifetime's subscription costs £200 - no more subscription to pay. The guide information will keep coming regardless of Tivo - it's the same guide information that Sky use for their Sky+ box I think, and that's going to survive.
If you can find a box, that might be a good option for you right now. And Tivo can control cable-decoders - it doe fine with my NTL/Pace box.
If Tivo and Replay would operate just like a VCR and allow you to use their service if you want to, or just use the system as a regular VCR if you didn't want to pay the monthly fees, then I think both systems would probably catch on a lot more than they have.
Certainly Tivo already does this - don't know about Replay as I've never seen or used one. Tivo will allow you to manually set time and channel and record however.
The thing is, there's no value in that to me. The whole value of Tivo is in the data it provides, not the hardware and not even the software (although I like the interface). Without the data, nicely categorised with descriptions etc., the Tivo isn't much better than a VCR to me. With the data however, it has proved a god-send.
That's the real service - the provision of accurate and categorised data. That's why you pay your subscription.
Hammers haven't changed much since the days of Thor, although they've evolved a bit.
Nonsense. Hammers aren't a bit like they were in Thor's day. Thor's hammer was able to fly and respond to commands, whereas all today's junk can do is hit things.
The best keypad I've used was on the Nokia 8310/8210 handsets
No idea which fool modded you off-topic, but you're right as far as I'm concerned.
I used to own a Nokia 6210, and it had terrible build quality. Quite a while ago I also had an Eriksson with terrible build quality. I've settled on an 8210 as well. Software-wise it's behind the 6210, let alone this P800, but it's one of the few phones whose construction I've got confidence in.
I'm honestly curious, what major innovations have we seen?
The DOM. Basically, the browser itself is now scriptable and the page can interact via Javascript or anything else aware of the DOM. Although a result of evolving document standards, that's actually a browser feature since the processing for it has to be done locally.
We also have the mobile browsers on phones/PDAs with auto-resizing etc.
Beyond that, I'd pretty much agree with you. If it's not broken...
You can tell the post office to stop delivering the bulk mail delivered by the post man.
Interesting. How? Is there a specific number to call, a special form of words...? I'm very interested in doing this, as it's just about my last form of non-email spam remaining.
Mix one part MythTV, and one part Shuttle XPC and you have the ultimate Linux PVR.
...with a fan that sounds like an entire airforce worth of jets. I own a Tivo. I own a Shuttle XPC (the SB51G model). I wouldn't let the Shuttle near the living room.
On the other hand, a fanless mini-ITX should do the trick.
Using aim/icq to speak to a roommate whom is not 6 feet away in a dorm room just screams that there has been a huge culture shift.
Far back in the mists of time, well about 1990 anyway, there was a talker called Cheeseplant's House. This got really popular for a while, and at my university people would compulsively log on to it to talk. Eventually a user 'shouted' "Alright - this is silly. How many people here are just sitting in the Lab at Lancaster?".
The number of shame-faced heads that suddenly looked up and started glancing about was truly comical to see. And yes, I was one of 'em.
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fprintf(stdout, "Of course it's possible...\n"); }
Well, at least until the electricity runs out anyway. Or someone redirects stdout to /tmp. Or, or...
Well, it's nice theory anyway.
Cheers,
Ian
Cheers,
Ian
Remember that Sony sell DVD burners. It's odd, at the moment, that I can burn my DVD on Sony equipment but not play it back on Sony equipment.
Cheers,
Ian
Importing's out too - too many different I/O hassles (no SCART, NTSC not PAL etc.).
Cheers,
Ian
Yep, I'm UK-based and you can't get Tivo hardware here at the moment. That's another reason why I'm keeping an eye on the alternatives.
Cheers,
Ian
I'm a current (and very happy) Tivo user, but I wouldn't mind the ability to add MP3 playback and so I've been keeping half an eye on Freevo. The idea would be to put a fanless Epia-M into a hi-fi style case, and use it purely through a remote of some kind. Just like a Tivo in fact, but with the ability to do music too.
Cheers,
Ian
Cheers,
Ian
(UK-based)
To be honest, it sounds like pie in the sky to me.
Cheers,
Ian
There's a bug in the MP3 VBR playback. Basically, the iPod requires your MP3 to have a Xing header on it, not the newer Fraunhoffer VBR header. My encoder produces VBRs with Fraunhoffer headers not Xing, so I always have to post-process them. The bug manifests itself if you pause, fast forward or rewind - doing so causes the iPod to lose the correct track length and it usually cuts the track off early.
Fortunately, another Slashdotter pointed me to the (Windows-based) solution - a utility that adds a Xing header. It can be had from here, in the Downloads section.
Cheers,
Ian
At a business level, possibly. Perhaps. Vaguely. However, on a personal level, absolutely not.
I think modern air travel is rubbish. I think this primarily because it's so slow. I'd love to nip over to the States and back in a day (I live near London), but the seven or so hours just to get to New York are rather off-putting. I went to Singapore - took about twelve/thirteen hours. UK/Australia is a fairly common trip too - that takes a full day. Name another form of transport that hasn't got faster since the sixties?*
I'd rather see faster planes than bigger planes. Airline companies, of course, would rather see bigger than faster. There's a fundemental gap between consumer and provider there, and it's unlikely to be bridged anytime soon.
Cheers,
Ian
(*to those in the UK, Connex South Central doesn't count...)
Cheers,
Ian
I'm a contractor. I don't get benefits from the company I'm working for and nor should I - I'm not its employee. I would expect it to treat employees better. Frankly, I can live without 'promotional swag'. I don't get invited to company parties? Well, guess what? The client company doesn't get invited to mine either...
As a contractor, I am the boss of my own company and I have an explicit business arrangement with the client. That's it. Doesn't go any further, shouldn't go any further. I have no interest in whether they give me blue, orange or sky-blue pink with polka dots security cards - their choice and privilege. Now sign this invoice here...
Cheers,
Ian
Leaves 5% that are. For business use then, stick with that 5% then, which are usually the bigger projects like the Linux kernel, Gnome/KDE, Mozilla, Evolution etc.. That's no different to having a standard 'approved suppliers' list.
Cheers,
Ian
That can't be right. It's like judging programmers on lines of code per month all over again...
Cheers,
Ian
Cheers,
Ian
The Guardian is regarded as the most left-wing of the mainstream UK press.
Cheers,
Ian
UK-based then, like me? £200 you can't do, but £300 is an option for that at the moment. Tivo UK is selling off its hardware for £99, and a lifetime's subscription costs £200 - no more subscription to pay. The guide information will keep coming regardless of Tivo - it's the same guide information that Sky use for their Sky+ box I think, and that's going to survive.
If you can find a box, that might be a good option for you right now. And Tivo can control cable-decoders - it doe fine with my NTL/Pace box.
Cheers,
Ian
Certainly Tivo already does this - don't know about Replay as I've never seen or used one. Tivo will allow you to manually set time and channel and record however.
The thing is, there's no value in that to me. The whole value of Tivo is in the data it provides, not the hardware and not even the software (although I like the interface). Without the data, nicely categorised with descriptions etc., the Tivo isn't much better than a VCR to me. With the data however, it has proved a god-send.
That's the real service - the provision of accurate and categorised data. That's why you pay your subscription.
Cheers,
Ian
Yeah, but it's a non-flyer so far...
Cheers,
Ian
Nonsense. Hammers aren't a bit like they were in Thor's day. Thor's hammer was able to fly and respond to commands, whereas all today's junk can do is hit things.
Pah. They don't make 'em like they used to...
Cheers,
Ian
No idea which fool modded you off-topic, but you're right as far as I'm concerned.
I used to own a Nokia 6210, and it had terrible build quality. Quite a while ago I also had an Eriksson with terrible build quality. I've settled on an 8210 as well. Software-wise it's behind the 6210, let alone this P800, but it's one of the few phones whose construction I've got confidence in.
Cheers,
Ian
The DOM. Basically, the browser itself is now scriptable and the page can interact via Javascript or anything else aware of the DOM. Although a result of evolving document standards, that's actually a browser feature since the processing for it has to be done locally.
We also have the mobile browsers on phones/PDAs with auto-resizing etc.
Beyond that, I'd pretty much agree with you. If it's not broken...
Cheers,
Ian
Interesting. How? Is there a specific number to call, a special form of words...? I'm very interested in doing this, as it's just about my last form of non-email spam remaining.
Cheers,
Ian
On the other hand, a fanless mini-ITX should do the trick.
Cheers,
Ian
Far back in the mists of time, well about 1990 anyway, there was a talker called Cheeseplant's House. This got really popular for a while, and at my university people would compulsively log on to it to talk. Eventually a user 'shouted' "Alright - this is silly. How many people here are just sitting in the Lab at Lancaster?".
The number of shame-faced heads that suddenly looked up and started glancing about was truly comical to see. And yes, I was one of 'em.
Cheers,
Ian