I'm already plunged, Dess baby! I've had NWN sitting on a Windoze box for many moons now, but I pretty much just watch TV on that computer while using my Linux box for desktop work.
Good one! Yeah, I guess we've gotta watch our use of slashes now. What's the new symbol for and/or? Oh no! I've got a slash in that, too! It's recursive language...
So what's the new symbol for and (and (and or) or) or?
Why don't you go back to sleep, I'm sure it's more fun being a viking than whatever you are in this world.
1) You fail to recognize common methods of indicating humor, such as winky face smilies 2) You make far-fetched claims about my post, such as suggesting that one forces one's own child to install and configure the box. Of COURSE that isn't what I meant, I meant CONFIGURE the box for your kid, so they can use it, but of course, those who willfully fail to listen can make anything of it they want. I presume you are right now saying "Thanks, I'd LOVE an omelet right now". 3) Am I out of touch with reality? Yours, perhaps, but not mine.
I'd just like to point out that with the class of machine we're talking about from the old days, Command-line was ALL we had. GUIs do make it somewhat easier to perform many interactions with the machine, but they also insulate you somewhat from a level of understanding.
Taking it one step further, there is no driving need to do things with a command-line these days anyway. Graphical tools like KDevelop and Eclipse make for relatively painless introductions, IMHO.
Let's face it, if you want to develop software, Unix or Linux is a great way to go. The price is right, the technology is current, the compilers are included, and multiple programming languages from lowest to highest level are included/available.
So if you want your child to have the experience of becoming a techie, it behooves you to have at least one workstation around that can at LEAST dual-boot into a *ix environment, IMHO.
It's not what has been removed from the box you own...
It's what I suspect may be removed from the box you will want to buy next year.
Replay/TV is running scared enough to cut features, I don't see why the same couldn't happen with Tivo...
An additional factor of course, is ongoing costs, but that's kind of a side issue to this discussion. On the other hand, given the choice of paying $120.00 a year or $0.00 a year for PVR functionality, the edge in that has to go to the roll-my-own solution.
You make a good point. One thing I'd really like to see is a PCI card satellite tuner... Perhaps it would require a slot for the little activation card, but it wouild be sweet to have that digital stream right there in the PC.
Combine that with MythTV's support for multiple video streams, and I could see making a great big server box with multiple satellite and tuner cards, and simple CAT5 connections to the view boxes all around the house.
I've been assembling a set of PVR boxes which I'm planning to use for distributed recording/playback around the house. I never *did* get a Tivo or ReplayTV, though I came close, and now the stars are aligning in another direction. Combine the slow withdrawal of features from the commercial boxes, with the new features becoming available in a package like MythTV, and for a true geek, the answer is obvious.
In a year or two, possibly sooner, one could expect a CDROM-based distribution of Linux that makes a dedicated MythTV box out of any PC with capture and video-out.
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But it took the ancient Italians to invent spaghetti code!
Tools/Options/Network/Proxy Settings.
Make up some phony numbers, or claim no proxy if you actually use one.
Then just remember not to try streaming stuff from the web.
I'm already plunged, Dess baby! I've had NWN sitting on a Windoze box for many moons now, but I pretty much just watch TV on that computer while using my Linux box for desktop work.
I upgraded the sound on my desktop Linux box only just last week.
Mmmm, sounds like a corporate scandal waiting to explode.
How do we get the SEC ticked off at 'em?
The SCO folks thought it said "History is written by the wieners", and of course, they're the biggest bunch of wieners around.
Does SCO even HAVE software engineers anymore? Or is it really just a corporate label attached to a fleet of lawyers?
For free?
The money (and, I suspect, inspiration) for this lawsuit came straight out of Billy G's pockets.
Radiation intensity falls off as a function of a square of the distance... Get twice as far away, receive 1/4 the energy.
I do believe shemeant 'for their own inherent limitations'...
Fellowship of the Ring, Enterprise Edition: Now with additional declarative transaction features and enhanced security.
Ring zero to rule them all...
LOL
Good one! Yeah, I guess we've gotta watch our use of slashes now. What's the new symbol for and/or? Oh no! I've got a slash in that, too! It's recursive language...
So what's the new symbol for and (and (and or) or) or?
Why don't you go back to sleep, I'm sure it's more fun being a viking than whatever you are in this world.
1) You fail to recognize common methods of indicating humor, such as winky face smilies
2) You make far-fetched claims about my post, such as suggesting that one forces one's own child to install and configure the box. Of COURSE that isn't what I meant, I meant CONFIGURE the box for your kid, so they can use it, but of course, those who willfully fail to listen can make anything of it they want. I presume you are right now saying "Thanks, I'd LOVE an omelet right now".
3) Am I out of touch with reality? Yours, perhaps, but not mine.
I'd just like to point out that with the class of machine we're talking about from the old days, Command-line was ALL we had. GUIs do make it somewhat easier to perform many interactions with the machine, but they also insulate you somewhat from a level of understanding.
Taking it one step further, there is no driving need to do things with a command-line these days anyway. Graphical tools like KDevelop and Eclipse make for relatively painless introductions, IMHO.
Of course, it's a language that's installable into the user... Samples of this language:
;-)
Oh shit!
no, No, NO, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
FUCKING Blue Screens!
etc. etc. etc.
Let's face it, if you want to develop software, Unix or Linux is a great way to go. The price is right, the technology is current, the compilers are included, and multiple programming languages from lowest to highest level are included/available.
So if you want your child to have the experience of becoming a techie, it behooves you to have at least one workstation around that can at LEAST dual-boot into a *ix environment, IMHO.
Neat! So the 10 dollar a month service fees I heard about have been ended? I did not know that.
ARK 2!!!
:-)
Or maybe
ARK II
Damn, I remember that!
I'm patenting the process of obtaining patents on patenting the idea of patents being used to become wealthy without actually doing any work.
It's not what has been removed from the box you own...
It's what I suspect may be removed from the box you will want to buy next year.
Replay/TV is running scared enough to cut features, I don't see why the same couldn't happen with Tivo...
An additional factor of course, is ongoing costs, but that's kind of a side issue to this discussion. On the other hand, given the choice of paying $120.00 a year or $0.00 a year for PVR functionality, the edge in that has to go to the roll-my-own solution.
You make a good point. One thing I'd really like to see is a PCI card satellite tuner... Perhaps it would require a slot for the little activation card, but it wouild be sweet to have that digital stream right there in the PC.
Combine that with MythTV's support for multiple video streams, and I could see making a great big server box with multiple satellite and tuner cards, and simple CAT5 connections to the view boxes all around the house.
Mmmm, now to convince the wife I need this.
I've been assembling a set of PVR boxes which I'm planning to use for distributed recording/playback around the house. I never *did* get a Tivo or ReplayTV, though I came close, and now the stars are aligning in another direction. Combine the slow withdrawal of features from the commercial boxes, with the new features becoming available in a package like MythTV, and for a true geek, the answer is obvious.
In a year or two, possibly sooner, one could expect a CDROM-based distribution of Linux that makes a dedicated MythTV box out of any PC with capture and video-out.
boys, boys, boys... Let's all stop the fussin' and a feudin'
I LOVE you Winzip!
I LOVE you, PKZip!
*hugs all around*
There, isn't that better?
Battlestar Galactica? Check
V? Check
Next up: Man from Atlantis
Well, I didn't want to leave out Lear, Cessna, Piper, Saab, Bombardier, Gulfstream...