Yeah, Amarok, sure. If I need a quick little app to listen to streaming audio at work, of course I want to install some all-singing, all-dancing thing that pulls in Postgres, Ruby, etc.
$ ldd/usr/bin/amarokapp | wc -l 69
No, XMMS did fine. And now I'm using Audacious, although it doesn't do some things as well as XMMS did. Amarok, while great isn't even in the same section as XMMS.
I think it's more of my "open source" leanings myself - do a little work, make society that little better/easier/more efficient.
Some people stare aghast when I say I try not to use my brakes on motorways. Fools.
shows how one driver hitting the brakes a little too hard can cascade into a backup miles behind. Of course. This is obvious. People generally brake for a little longer than the car in front. I worked this out years ago, and as a result, I try never to use my brakes on a motorway, instead watching the tail lights coming on towards me down the queue, and dropping off back of the last car to try and "iron out the kinks".
And the other point - why use two browsers? On a multi-user operating system, just run them as different users.
I wonder how long it will be until, when you create a user account, a second one (or two or three) is automatically created, and potentially vulnerable apps (browser, mail, etc) configured to run as separate users.
I was making the point that none of those methods are reliable enough on their own. And using uptime as a crude indicator of any blips in continuity. I think you understood that.
Hah, very interesting.
Although Alexa users (who have to have an Alexa toolbar I think?) are probably not the best metric of a knowledgeable Slashdot audience.
I bet the US visitors on here don't even make up 50% any more.
However, as the Slashy team don't give away stats, or do polls that would give insight, the myth is perpetuated.
Exactly. The issue here wasn't whether Firefox would work or not. The issue here was he was told not to use it and refused to comply. And you should always do what you're told, even if it sounds like, or is, not the best option? Baaaa, I will obey, baaaa.
Thanks for the tip - I have used it before (I think as a contrib module). I'll look into it, but the trouble is just the size of the table. I use xmltv to pull down all the listings each night, and then when I want, I can just search for words to schedule recordings. I think for tsearch2 to be any use, it'll have to be indexable, as it's not the "intelligence" of the search that's the problem - it's the 703 seconds elapsed time:)
Hah:) Then you'd fill up my harddrive with stuff - and at about 3GB for a 1.5 hour program, it wouldn't take too long:)
I thought about encoding it as I record it, but usually I just watch the stuff a few days later, and delete, so no need. I've got Roberto Succo to watch from BBC2 a few days ago, and Run Lola Run. Then I can reclaim 6GB of space. Hurrah.
PS. If anyone knows how to speed up postgres SELECT * FROM tv WHERE title ILIKE '%searchterm%' queries, please let me know. Indexes don't seem to help with %something% queries.:(
Just read your GP post. Yep, you can easily dump Radio 4 straight from DVB. mplayer -dvb://BBC\ Radio\ 4 -dumpstream. Get in touch if you'd like some help.
Here are all the TV and Radio channels I have access to from Linux (with Mplayer, VLC, etc):
tvtv DIGITAL Sky Text Virgin Radio Clyde 1 Premier Radio talkSPORT smileTV E4+1 Dave SKY THREE Sky Spts News Sky News BBC ONE BBC THREE BBC NEWS 24 BBCi CBBC Channel BBC TWO ITV1 ITV2 CITV Teletext Teletext Cars Teletext on 4 Channel 4 E4 More 4 Channel 4+1 ITV4 [2243] Heart ITV3 Five Five Life Five US QVC bid tv Smash Hits! MOJO Ttext Holidays UKTV Style TVX / RED HOT UKTV Gold price-drop tv Teachers TV Nuts TV Eurosport UK SETANTA SPORTS Teletext Games TopUp Anytime1 TopUp Anytime2 TopUp Anytime3 302 301 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 1 BBC Asian Net. 1Xtra BBC BBC 7 BBC 6 Music BBC 5L SportsX BBC R5 Live BBC Parliament CBeebies BBC FOUR 305 Community 303 ITV2 +1 4TVinteractive Q Magic The Hits Radio BBC World Sv. oneword SMOOTH RADIO Kerrang! heat Kiss Ideal World Virgin1 UKTV History TMF The HITS Film4
No, but there are lots of Radio stations on DVB, so chances are that your radio station is broadcast on there too. BBC1-4, Five Live, 7, and lots of others are.
Or, if you have a DVB card: mplayer dvb://BBC\ ONE -dumpstream, and you get the pure MP2 that your TV sees. You can them encode it down to whatever you like.
I've set up an email address that calls a script which takes the start time, duration, and channel name from the subject of the email, and schedules a cron job for that. Voila. I'm on the other side of the world, and I forgot that I wanted to record Peep Show? (Not from the Beeb, but..) A simple email from anywhere does it.
I wouldn't rely on reverse DNS for anything. If you control your own reverse DNS, like I do, I could make my IP say pressroom.whitehouse.gov. It doesn't prove anything.
Now whois - well that's a whole different matter.
In the UK - hell yeah. It was that way and is that way. Here if your kid id in a comatose state with 40+C you will be asked to take it to the GP during the opening hours and will wait there for 2 hours until your appointment or until your kid needs to be ferried to AE in an ambulance. And the doctor visitng anybody besides pensioners at their home? Forget it. It's not quite that bad. If you ring your Dr's surgery out of hours, there'll be details of who you can ring if you have a problem. There's NHS Direct for over the phone advice. And most cities have Walk-in centres. Failing that, if you think it's serious enough, take your kid to A + E.
Don't be so dramatic.
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However, playing any FPS with a mouse is better than using a thumb joystick, or whatever they're called.
I think it's more of my "open source" leanings myself - do a little work, make society that little better/easier/more efficient. Some people stare aghast when I say I try not to use my brakes on motorways. Fools.
And the other point - why use two browsers? On a multi-user operating system, just run them as different users.
I wonder how long it will be until, when you create a user account, a second one (or two or three) is automatically created, and potentially vulnerable apps (browser, mail, etc) configured to run as separate users.
I was making the point that none of those methods are reliable enough on their own. And using uptime as a crude indicator of any blips in continuity. I think you understood that.
Sure. You run your PC from Hydro, geothermal, tidal and wave, wind or solar, and see what sort of uptime you get.
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Hah, very interesting.
Although Alexa users (who have to have an Alexa toolbar I think?) are probably not the best metric of a knowledgeable Slashdot audience.
I bet the US visitors on here don't even make up 50% any more.
However, as the Slashy team don't give away stats, or do polls that would give insight, the myth is perpetuated.
I'm amazed at how long chair jokes have remained funny for.
Dual_EC_DRBG is my password :( And now I find it all over the Intarwebs.
The secure one goes up to 11 (3).
Thanks for the tip - I have used it before (I think as a contrib module). I'll look into it, but the trouble is just the size of the table. I use xmltv to pull down all the listings each night, and then when I want, I can just search for words to schedule recordings. I think for tsearch2 to be any use, it'll have to be indexable, as it's not the "intelligence" of the search that's the problem - it's the 703 seconds elapsed time :)
Hah :) Then you'd fill up my harddrive with stuff - and at about 3GB for a 1.5 hour program, it wouldn't take too long :)
:(
I thought about encoding it as I record it, but usually I just watch the stuff a few days later, and delete, so no need. I've got Roberto Succo to watch from BBC2 a few days ago, and Run Lola Run. Then I can reclaim 6GB of space. Hurrah.
PS. If anyone knows how to speed up postgres SELECT * FROM tv WHERE title ILIKE '%searchterm%' queries, please let me know. Indexes don't seem to help with %something% queries.
That's because it's a portal.
There's a contact-me thinggy on my site.
Just read your GP post. Yep, you can easily dump Radio 4 straight from DVB. mplayer -dvb://BBC\ Radio\ 4 -dumpstream. Get in touch if you'd like some help.
Here are all the TV and Radio channels I have access to from Linux (with Mplayer, VLC, etc):
tvtv DIGITAL Sky Text Virgin Radio Clyde 1 Premier Radio talkSPORT smileTV E4+1 Dave SKY THREE Sky Spts News Sky News BBC ONE BBC THREE BBC NEWS 24 BBCi CBBC Channel BBC TWO ITV1 ITV2 CITV Teletext Teletext Cars Teletext on 4 Channel 4 E4 More 4 Channel 4+1 ITV4 [2243] Heart ITV3 Five Five Life Five US QVC bid tv Smash Hits! MOJO Ttext Holidays UKTV Style TVX / RED HOT UKTV Gold price-drop tv Teachers TV Nuts TV Eurosport UK SETANTA SPORTS Teletext Games TopUp Anytime1 TopUp Anytime2 TopUp Anytime3 302 301 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 1 BBC Asian Net. 1Xtra BBC BBC 7 BBC 6 Music BBC 5L SportsX BBC R5 Live BBC Parliament CBeebies BBC FOUR 305 Community 303 ITV2 +1 4TVinteractive Q Magic The Hits Radio BBC World Sv. oneword SMOOTH RADIO Kerrang! heat Kiss Ideal World Virgin1 UKTV History TMF The HITS Film4
Probably more, as I haven't done a scan recently.
No, but there are lots of Radio stations on DVB, so chances are that your radio station is broadcast on there too. BBC1-4, Five Live, 7, and lots of others are.
Or, if you have a DVB card: mplayer dvb://BBC\ ONE -dumpstream, and you get the pure MP2 that your TV sees. You can them encode it down to whatever you like.
I've set up an email address that calls a script which takes the start time, duration, and channel name from the subject of the email, and schedules a cron job for that. Voila. I'm on the other side of the world, and I forgot that I wanted to record Peep Show? (Not from the Beeb, but..) A simple email from anywhere does it.
I wouldn't rely on reverse DNS for anything. If you control your own reverse DNS, like I do, I could make my IP say pressroom.whitehouse.gov. It doesn't prove anything.
Now whois - well that's a whole different matter.
Ooops, not walk-in centres. This is what I was looking for.
Don't be so dramatic.