If you can't get the serial port working on a series 1, you probably didn't follow the instructions. Once you are in, the Tivo recording/scheduling stuff can be ignored, but you need the userland Tivo binary (I think it's called "mother") running to manage the stored files. You can make the hardware sing and dance by "echoing" hex values to various s2c bus addresses. I experimented with this years ago and was able to initiate recordings, switch the video input between the tuner, component, and s-video ports, switch the audio between the tuner and the line inputs, etc. I probably should dig up all those old notes since I have 4 series 1 boxes that are now mostly obsolete for analog TV.
Originally, you needed to set up the box for satellite or cable-with-a-box so the line inputs (channel 0) were used. That still works fine if you don't want to get inside and mess around on the s2c bus. You can then just schedule a round-the-clock series of recordings on channel 0 and plug in a security cam.
IIRC (it's been a decade or so) the series 1 has a 53mhz PowerPC CPU, 16 megs of DRAM, a proprietary GAL chip that handles the hardware and emulates an IDE controller, and a Sony video encoder chip. The Series 1 is actually pretty much just the original Sony set-top box reference platform with an added Tivo identity chip so they can lock the membership to that hardware. To do a complete rewrite without any Tivo software, you'd need to dig up the original developer's kit and use those drivers. I guess you could write your own drivers from the technical reference if you were so inclined.
Personally, I think it's a lot easier to just use any old x86 box and a USB or ethernet cam.
What I find irritating is that the G1 even HAS a "system partition" that turned out to be too small. I have dozens of CentOS 5.x server installations that have precisely THREE hard partitions - boot, swap, and/. Phones are single-user, single-boot, SOLID STATE MEMORY devices. The various reasons and excuses for multiple partition schemes mostly ceased to be relevant a long time ago and are especially pointless on this type of platform.
The problem here is that you went for the installed version of Girlfriend 1.0. Try Girlfriend-as-a-service instead. It can seem pricey at first (usually $100-$200 an hour) but there are no permanent resource allocations. There is a significant chance of virus infection though, so be sure to use LaTex with all access ports. Whatever you do, NEVER call customer service.
If I were to plug a vulnerable machine in, it's still a switched network, which means sniffing is impossible -- they'd have to actively MITM me, somehow without my server noticing. (DNS tricks are right out, as I refer to the server by IP.)
Might want to Google "port replication".
Also, avoid using the weasel-words "unlimited" or "impossible".
The only reason Washington is bitching is because they have a big budget shortfall. Part of that might be because they don't have an income tax. Ok well I'm sure that is popular with your voters, but it isn't a good way of running things. A state income tax is a reasonable way of making sure that people who use state resources pay for them. You earn money living in that state, you pay out some of that money in tax.
We have ~9% sales tax already. If they instituted a state income tax, there would be lynchings in Olympia.
I assume this professor is a state employee of Oregon as an employee of the University of Oregon... I wonder if he puts his job in danger by opposing his employer like that.
Don't get me wrong, I fully support what he is doing. My question is will the retaliation come in an unexpected direction, a firing based on behavior of a state employee or violation of oath to uphold state laws or something as opposed to any anticipated legal action over the posting itself?
I wonder if his ass is powdered and diapered by federal whistle-blower laws? Might be a stretch.
...and if Lincoln could see the pack of ignorant, violent, reactionary animals that now infests and defiles his once-proud Republican party, he'd shoot HIMSELF in the head.
As a fan of the Green Bay Packers, after watching what happened with Brett Favre, I can tell you with almost complete certainty that Apple customers do not love abuse or complaining. In their blind adoration of Favre, err, Apple, they believe that Apple can do no wrong and any notion to the contrary is heretical. Their basic argument often follows this line of thought: "If it wasn't for everyone else trying to undermine what Apple is trying to do, they wouldn't need to take all of these measures. Apple only does this because they want to create the best experience for their customers."
There is a significant difference in stopping distance between "juice" brakes and air brakes. Assuming identical reaction times, air brakes take from 500ms to a full second LONGER to initiate mechanical movement. Every professional driver already knows that however, since it's part of the written test to obtain a commercial driver's license (CDL) with an air brake certification. It's why truckers who aren't dickheads leave a few extra car lengths between them and the next vehicle, especially late in their shift when their own reaction time may be a little slower than normal.
We are an inferior species who have taken advantage of the Earth, hurt it, and not even cared.
I don't know what kind of chump-change, self-deprecating species YOU belong to, but homo sapiens is the most adaptable, most powerful species to ever inhabit this planet. Humans are at the top of the food chain; the apha predator with the intelligence and technology to create, destroy, and transform entire habitats. If you don't have any respect for yourself, go eat a shotgun barrel and remove yourself from that which you despise.
Here's something to remember - a self-loathing traitor to his own kind is welcomed by no one except those who would use him for their own purposes.
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If you can't get the serial port working on a series 1, you probably didn't follow the instructions. Once you are in, the Tivo recording/scheduling stuff can be ignored, but you need the userland Tivo binary (I think it's called "mother") running to manage the stored files. You can make the hardware sing and dance by "echoing" hex values to various s2c bus addresses. I experimented with this years ago and was able to initiate recordings, switch the video input between the tuner, component, and s-video ports, switch the audio between the tuner and the line inputs, etc. I probably should dig up all those old notes since I have 4 series 1 boxes that are now mostly obsolete for analog TV.
Originally, you needed to set up the box for satellite or cable-with-a-box so the line inputs (channel 0) were used. That still works fine if you don't want to get inside and mess around on the s2c bus. You can then just schedule a round-the-clock series of recordings on channel 0 and plug in a security cam.
IIRC (it's been a decade or so) the series 1 has a 53mhz PowerPC CPU, 16 megs of DRAM, a proprietary GAL chip that handles the hardware and emulates an IDE controller, and a Sony video encoder chip. The Series 1 is actually pretty much just the original Sony set-top box reference platform with an added Tivo identity chip so they can lock the membership to that hardware. To do a complete rewrite without any Tivo software, you'd need to dig up the original developer's kit and use those drivers. I guess you could write your own drivers from the technical reference if you were so inclined.
Personally, I think it's a lot easier to just use any old x86 box and a USB or ethernet cam.
Um, not to destroy your business model here, but isn't fertilizing with human manure illegal?
Nope. Where do you think all the sludge from sewage treatment plants goes?
Who's going to fly in a spacecraft built by the country that gave us Chernobyl? I'm just sayin....
Well, the USA for one, plus just about every other nation on earth that wants a satellite in orbit these days.
There's a lot of speculation that T-Mobile G1 owners might not get the update, which would suck.
What I find irritating is that the G1 even HAS a "system partition" that turned out to be too small. I have dozens of CentOS 5.x server installations that have precisely THREE hard partitions - boot, swap, and /. Phones are single-user, single-boot, SOLID STATE MEMORY devices. The various reasons and excuses for multiple partition schemes mostly ceased to be relevant a long time ago and are especially pointless on this type of platform.
The problem here is that you went for the installed version of Girlfriend 1.0. Try Girlfriend-as-a-service instead. It can seem pricey at first (usually $100-$200 an hour) but there are no permanent resource allocations. There is a significant chance of virus infection though, so be sure to use LaTex with all access ports. Whatever you do, NEVER call customer service.
Well, there's a stepmom fork - currently at 6.66
Couldn't give less of a rat's ass. New 1-terabyte Tivo & Fios here.
That would be "unSPRUNG" weight. i.e. weight that is not isolated from the road surface by springs, airbags, or some other form of suspension.
I prefer the true word of Dog: "Throw the ball! Throw the ball! Throw the ball!"
Actually, it's a banner. When we finally decipher it, we'll read, "Do Not Feed The Monkeys."
Or maybe "Galactic spacefill - no scavenging - separate your recyclables"
It's not the "getting high" that makes you an idiot. It's the "getting caught 3 times".
If I were to plug a vulnerable machine in, it's still a switched network, which means sniffing is impossible -- they'd have to actively MITM me, somehow without my server noticing. (DNS tricks are right out, as I refer to the server by IP.)
Might want to Google "port replication".
Also, avoid using the weasel-words "unlimited" or "impossible".
Same here, and the worst part is, my dad was a CAR SALESMAN for 25 years (both new and used). You'd think he could recognize the smell of bullshit.
The only reason Washington is bitching is because they have a big budget shortfall. Part of that might be because they don't have an income tax. Ok well I'm sure that is popular with your voters, but it isn't a good way of running things. A state income tax is a reasonable way of making sure that people who use state resources pay for them. You earn money living in that state, you pay out some of that money in tax.
We have ~9% sales tax already. If they instituted a state income tax, there would be lynchings in Olympia.
If you want a week's worth, that's 3.5 tons, about the weight of, well, a motorhome.
That's not a motorhome. THIS is a motorhome. About 16 tons. Bus conversions are closer to 20 tons.
I think this guy has prior art:
I assume this professor is a state employee of Oregon as an employee of the University of Oregon... I wonder if he puts his job in danger by opposing his employer like that.
Don't get me wrong, I fully support what he is doing. My question is will the retaliation come in an unexpected direction, a firing based on behavior of a state employee or violation of oath to uphold state laws or something as opposed to any anticipated legal action over the posting itself?
I wonder if his ass is powdered and diapered by federal whistle-blower laws? Might be a stretch.
...and if Lincoln could see the pack of ignorant, violent, reactionary animals that now infests and defiles his once-proud Republican party, he'd shoot HIMSELF in the head.
As a fan of the Green Bay Packers, after watching what happened with Brett Favre, I can tell you with almost complete certainty that Apple customers do not love abuse or complaining. In their blind adoration of Favre, err, Apple, they believe that Apple can do no wrong and any notion to the contrary is heretical. Their basic argument often follows this line of thought: "If it wasn't for everyone else trying to undermine what Apple is trying to do, they wouldn't need to take all of these measures. Apple only does this because they want to create the best experience for their customers."
"Steve Jobs only hits me because he loves me"
There is a significant difference in stopping distance between "juice" brakes and air brakes. Assuming identical reaction times, air brakes take from 500ms to a full second LONGER to initiate mechanical movement. Every professional driver already knows that however, since it's part of the written test to obtain a commercial driver's license (CDL) with an air brake certification. It's why truckers who aren't dickheads leave a few extra car lengths between them and the next vehicle, especially late in their shift when their own reaction time may be a little slower than normal.
Virii is not a word. The plural is 'viruses.'
If that's true, then what are infecting my boxen?
Crabs?
Wouldn't that be "infesting" rather than "infecting"? Just sayin'...
Considering that this is the 21st century, I'm guessing that /dev/Sda would have been a lot more useful :-)
Sounds like an attempt to intimidate witnesses.
We are an inferior species who have taken advantage of the Earth, hurt it, and not even cared.
I don't know what kind of chump-change, self-deprecating species YOU belong to, but homo sapiens is the most adaptable, most powerful species to ever inhabit this planet. Humans are at the top of the food chain; the apha predator with the intelligence and technology to create, destroy, and transform entire habitats. If you don't have any respect for yourself, go eat a shotgun barrel and remove yourself from that which you despise.
Here's something to remember - a self-loathing traitor to his own kind is welcomed by no one except those who would use him for their own purposes.
Attacking communications infrastructure licensed and regulated by the federal government most certainly DOES make it domestic terrorism.