I have a PVR-350. I agree that IVTV and LIRC may not be so simple to get working. But there are plenty of guides out there that tell you exactly what to do. As the PVR-150 has only recently gained IVTV support, I'd still suggest getting a PVR-250 or PVR-350, since those have been supoorted by IVTV and MythTV for a while now and should work better.
When you put the legality issues aside, as well as the time wasted searching for and downloading the shows....well, then yeah -- your way is easier and better!
From the article: "But when HD becomes the standard, MythTV's development may face stagnation. As analog becomes an obsolete format, MythTV will also become obsolete. People can build their own analog TVs, but they won't be able to build their own HDTVs."
I have to disagree. MythTV won't become obsolete. People will either just use HDTV cards that were manufactured before Broadcast Flag support was required (which is perfectly legal), they will just deal with the lower quality recordings for flagged shows, or people will find ways around the broadcast flag. The thought that the Broadcast flag will make MythTV obsolete sounds a little far-fetched to me.
Hopefully, the FCC won't have their way and the Broadcast Flag idea, if anything, will be what becomes obsolete.
Because someone at slashdot must have changed it from "Television" (the category I had picked) to "Apple." I don't think it really belongs there though.
What?!? I didn't post this to the Apple section!
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I posted this to the Television section, since that seems to be where MythTV-related articles generally go. Someone at Slashdot must have changed it to Apple.
Nice! I didn't think there was actually a proof that "less is more." However, I think less is actually greater thanmore. I mean, come on! Less is so much more powerful! (Although, I just realized that on my GNU/Linux box, the proof above doesn't work.)
I have found that, under the right conditions (i.e. lynx or links, vim or emacs, and a decent shell installed on the system), I can actually get a lot of work done. In fact, now that I think about it, I would have less distractions (no instant messaging, games, etc. to distract me). So I guess this is another way less really might be more.
"Free software" has nothing to do with price. It has everything to do with freedom to do what you want with the software you own. You can charge money for free software. That's what companies like Red Hat do.
I'm not sure if the DVD video format is in fact proprietary technology. However, I don't think you're really paying for DVD technology when you pay for InterVideo's DVD player. You're paying for software that uses the technology. If some company does in fact own the rights to the DVD video format, someone please correct me on this.
ADD/ADHD is when you CANNOT, despite your best efforts, concentrate on anything for a long period of time.
I have to disagree with this. I have ADHD, and yes, I do have difficulty concentrating on many things. However, if I find something I am interested in, I can concentrate on it for hours.
Unfortunately, if it doesn't interest me at all, concentrating on it is sometimes a lost cause.
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I have a PVR-350. I agree that IVTV and LIRC may not be so simple to get working. But there are plenty of guides out there that tell you exactly what to do. As the PVR-150 has only recently gained IVTV support, I'd still suggest getting a PVR-250 or PVR-350, since those have been supoorted by IVTV and MythTV for a while now and should work better.
When you put the legality issues aside, as well as the time wasted searching for and downloading the shows....well, then yeah -- your way is easier and better!
From the article: "But when HD becomes the standard, MythTV's development may face stagnation. As analog becomes an obsolete format, MythTV will also become obsolete. People can build their own analog TVs, but they won't be able to build their own HDTVs."
I have to disagree. MythTV won't become obsolete. People will either just use HDTV cards that were manufactured before Broadcast Flag support was required (which is perfectly legal), they will just deal with the lower quality recordings for flagged shows, or people will find ways around the broadcast flag. The thought that the Broadcast flag will make MythTV obsolete sounds a little far-fetched to me.
Hopefully, the FCC won't have their way and the Broadcast Flag idea, if anything, will be what becomes obsolete.
Because someone at slashdot must have changed it from "Television" (the category I had picked) to "Apple." I don't think it really belongs there though.
I posted this to the Television section, since that seems to be where MythTV-related articles generally go. Someone at Slashdot must have changed it to Apple.
Some googling found me a program called Open Tax Solver. I haven't yet tried it, so I can't really say how good it is.
A version for this years US Form 1040 has apparently just been uploaded.
Nice! I didn't think there was actually a proof that "less is more." However, I think less is actually greater than more. I mean, come on! Less is so much more powerful! (Although, I just realized that on my GNU/Linux box, the proof above doesn't work.)
Get a Free iPod!
I have found that, under the right conditions (i.e. lynx or links, vim or emacs, and a decent shell installed on the system), I can actually get a lot of work done. In fact, now that I think about it, I would have less distractions (no instant messaging, games, etc. to distract me). So I guess this is another way less really might be more.
Get a free iPod!
Anyone else find it ironic that the site has been slashdotted? Guess the web server isn't that good at time-sharing.
Seriously though, this sounds very cool. Though I guess I'll be waiting until later to check it out.
Get a free ipod!
"Free software" has nothing to do with price. It has everything to do with freedom to do what you want with the software you own. You can charge money for free software. That's what companies like Red Hat do. I'm not sure if the DVD video format is in fact proprietary technology. However, I don't think you're really paying for DVD technology when you pay for InterVideo's DVD player. You're paying for software that uses the technology. If some company does in fact own the rights to the DVD video format, someone please correct me on this.
Here's a link to the first page of that TinkerToy Computer article A Tinkertoy Computer That Plays Tic-Tac-Toe, in case anyone is interested in reading the whole article.
Linuxant has added a note about this issue to their site, with a link to their response on the Linux kernel mailing list.
ADD/ADHD is when you CANNOT, despite your best efforts, concentrate on anything for a long period of time.
I have to disagree with this. I have ADHD, and yes, I do have difficulty concentrating on many things. However, if I find something I am interested in, I can concentrate on it for hours.
Unfortunately, if it doesn't interest me at all, concentrating on it is sometimes a lost cause.