I was looking for something simple to setup as a front end for stored video/audio/photos as well as watching TV, basically a pretty/simple interface. MythTV seems to do all this and would seem ideal. I have a suse 9.2 box but am a relative newbie to it. How hard is it to setup? Also sorry for being OT but after poking around for a bit I found KnoppMyth, presume this would need to overwrite suse to work? (debian based distro and all:)). Thanks for any input
Even though I haven't watched it yet, I've heard great things about Control Room. Its a documentary on the inner workings of Al Jazeera and should be insightful for people that believe the US Medias take on it:). IMDB Link for the same
I agree completely its their right to make it a closed product that works only on windows and only plays windows media. The distinction is bundling and the fact that they are a monopoly.
The old netscape example, consider Firefox vs IE. If today there was no bundled IE and a user had to choose between IE and Firefox (make a conscious decision) what would their decision be based on?
Media Hype
Word of Mouth
Quality of the Software
Now compare Firefox's odds of gaining significant market share with how its been doing right now? The face of the matter is by being pre-installed Microsoft has been able to get to the point where their product IS the internet and the reason isnt that they have a better product but that the user can get by without knowing that there are other products.
One word... Monopoly. the average joe that pirates doesnt do it to save a buck (yes college students and a bunch of techies etc do) but because of its sheer convenience.
step 1) www.suprnova.org
step 2) download tv show that hasnt been broadcast in the us/uk etc et
step 2) download show that u missed last night?
step 2) download other stuff
step 3) watch/enjoy stuff
step 4) buy stuff when the dvd's come out?
Take the monopoly away and there is CLEARLY a market for online distribution of media which a significant amount of people find convenient. Supply that for a reasonable cost (compare cable costs for the total amount of channels for a month divided by content and it comes out pretty cheap) and a lot of people will stop pirating cuz the alternative would be convenient. Yes you'll still have cheap-asses pirating stuff but if one enjoys something they want to 'payback' the creators as well.
OT Rant: Our society itself is fucked, rock stars / tv stars shouldnt be making money hand over fist, that should be able that contribute to science and education, stuff like that. lower the cost of media, increase the amount of artists it supports (larger middle class?) redistribution of wealth n all that
Sorry for being ignorant about history but besides the long standing British-French rivalry mind telling me what else the French have been upto? (Not trolling.. would really like to know)
How about increasing their pay to make it desirable to be a teacher? competition will automatically result... supply and demand.. if a tech grad makes 50-60K/year and a teacher makes a 100K... quite obvious where there'll be demand... No idea how much the current educational system costs but presume its less then the Iraq war?:)
The only valid reason as someone else commented is to provide value to users posting using google groups. But again if you have a google account they can make that a default option that you could unselect. Also they arent exactly the gatekeepers of Usenet so kinda pointless if they're trying to protect the unwashed masses
2 points
1) Why is it that resting on ones laurels and huge lead is bad for the army (read the hundreds of billions being drained by the military being a good thing even though the US army is generations ahead of the rest of the world) vs space?
2) Resting on ones laurels in general is the easiest way to get passed over by others (tortoise n the hare?)
OT: Imagine if the 500+ billion the US invests in military tech was diverting to other sciences for a decade:)
Fallacy #1: Bin Laden = Muslim World
Fallacy #2: The average Muslim 'agrees' with his world view
Fallacy #3: We're helping the countries become democratic.. Ayyad Allawai (current Iraqi president) = ex-CIA... Hamid Karzi = allaged to be ex-unocal employee
Fallacy #4: Israel = all jews (zionism vs judaism)
Fallacy #5: If the 'state' Israel somehow magically ceased to exist, all jews therein would be axe murdered
Nobody hates america, a lot of people admire(d) it... Nobody wants foreign troops in their country (including america:)) long term, all about nationalism n sovereignty, american troops in Saudia = pissed a lot of people off.
America attacked Afghanistan, direct reaction , extremists won a series of elections in Pakistan for the first time since its creation...
The more badly america pisses people off, the more they'll try to hurt america, the only avenue for hurting america at the moment appears to be Bin Laden hence the support he has, stop the hypocrisy and 'slowly' but surely people will stop hating america...
The reason people are anti american is the hypcrisy evident to most people that follow media that is not american:) (any other country would do)
Israel nukes good
Everybody else nukes bad
Israel flouting UN conventions goood
everyone else bad
Monarchies/Dictators supporting the US good
Monarchies/Dictators opposing the US bad
so on and so forth
Factor in all the communism induced paranoia and how the US made sure to quell any tendency of muslim countries to align with the USSR (assassinations / coup's etc) , see a lot of reason people to distrust america
Bunch of fallacies there
a) Most jews didnt support Israel, a vocal minority , wanted it to be where it is. The support they currently enjoy came about after the war of 67
b) Current day Israel was conquered by Muslims in the mid 600's....until the early-mid 1900's the area consisted of people of all three faiths living largely in harmony (except for a few very brief periods of nutty rulers).....
Yes most muslim countries ARE fucked up, how many of those were NOT colonized? how many of those havent had US/CIA backed dictators? I'm not blaming the US for their problems but credit where credits due, we did fuck them up just as much as they themselves did/are doing
If you're referring to the period from 600-1700 or so 'unilateral action', dont remember there being the UN Or international law or any country that 'consulted' others before invading, kinda what progress is all about, most countries 'agreed' NOT to do that anymore within the past 50-60 years:)
About shutting off oil, remember the 73 oil crisis? remember the guy behind it? (Shah Faisal)... Guess how long he 'lived' after that.... tad bit over a year... his assassination is largely attributed to the CIA
(read up on all of the above.. sorry if I came across as rude or anything, that wasnt my intention)
This may have something to do with current bluetooth capabilities. Bluetooth based networks currently support piconets with a master and seven slaves. Presume they simply extended this to support multicasting
I used to be an avid dean supporter, lost respect somewhat after he bashed Nader though, was wondering if you could post that link (if you come across it some time). Thanks
Hi
I just called up Verizon and I live like 2 miles from where you are (Tysons Corner) and was told they have no offerings in Northern VA yet and it'll take 6-8 more months???. Could I get some sorta confirmation from you, like something I could state back to them, order number perhaps? Thanks
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I was looking for something simple to setup as a front end for stored video /audio/photos as well as watching TV, basically a pretty/simple interface. MythTV seems to do all this and would seem ideal. I have a suse 9.2 box but am a relative newbie to it. How hard is it to setup? Also sorry for being OT but after poking around for a bit I found KnoppMyth, presume this would need to overwrite suse to work? (debian based distro and all :)). Thanks for any input
Even though I haven't watched it yet, I've heard great things about Control Room. Its a documentary on the inner workings of Al Jazeera and should be insightful for people that believe the US Medias take on it :). IMDB Link for the same
So where in china are you and whats the IT Job market like? ;)
The old netscape example, consider Firefox vs IE. If today there was no bundled IE and a user had to choose between IE and Firefox (make a conscious decision) what would their decision be based on?
- Media Hype
- Word of Mouth
- Quality of the Software
Now compare Firefox's odds of gaining significant market share with how its been doing right now? The face of the matter is by being pre-installed Microsoft has been able to get to the point where their product IS the internet and the reason isnt that they have a better product but that the user can get by without knowing that there are other products.How may I put this nicely, to stand up to a malevolent superpower alone, he deserves the nobel peace prize. and yes fyi i AM an american :P
One word... Monopoly. the average joe that pirates doesnt do it to save a buck (yes college students and a bunch of techies etc do) but because of its sheer convenience. step 1) www.suprnova.org step 2) download tv show that hasnt been broadcast in the us/uk etc et step 2) download show that u missed last night? step 2) download other stuff step 3) watch/enjoy stuff step 4) buy stuff when the dvd's come out? Take the monopoly away and there is CLEARLY a market for online distribution of media which a significant amount of people find convenient. Supply that for a reasonable cost (compare cable costs for the total amount of channels for a month divided by content and it comes out pretty cheap) and a lot of people will stop pirating cuz the alternative would be convenient. Yes you'll still have cheap-asses pirating stuff but if one enjoys something they want to 'payback' the creators as well. OT Rant: Our society itself is fucked, rock stars / tv stars shouldnt be making money hand over fist, that should be able that contribute to science and education, stuff like that. lower the cost of media, increase the amount of artists it supports (larger middle class?) redistribution of wealth n all that
If there's a clip of Balmer or some other recognizable MS guy saying that, it could make a great ad ;).
took measures to prevent colonization? Mind if i ask what that could possibly ne?
Sorry for being ignorant about history but besides the long standing British-French rivalry mind telling me what else the French have been upto? (Not trolling.. would really like to know)
How about increasing their pay to make it desirable to be a teacher? competition will automatically result... supply and demand.. if a tech grad makes 50-60K /year and a teacher makes a 100K ... quite obvious where there'll be demand... No idea how much the current educational system costs but presume its less then the Iraq war? :)
You called? O:-)
Isn't 802.11n based on similar multiple antenna technology? (MIMO)?
thanks for the heads up.. had heard that the only way to get it was through getting a job where it was required...catch-22 stuff :).
As someone that doesnt have one of those juicy government security clearances... how does one go about getting them?
The only valid reason as someone else commented is to provide value to users posting using google groups. But again if you have a google account they can make that a default option that you could unselect. Also they arent exactly the gatekeepers of Usenet so kinda pointless if they're trying to protect the unwashed masses
1) Why is it that resting on ones laurels and huge lead is bad for the army (read the hundreds of billions being drained by the military being a good thing even though the US army is generations ahead of the rest of the world) vs space?
2) Resting on ones laurels in general is the easiest way to get passed over by others (tortoise n the hare?)
OT: Imagine if the 500+ billion the US invests in military tech was diverting to other sciences for a decade :)
LOL ditto, though i read that n did a double take :)
Fallacy #2: The average Muslim 'agrees' with his world view
Fallacy #3: We're helping the countries become democratic.. Ayyad Allawai (current Iraqi president) = ex-CIA
Fallacy #4: Israel = all jews (zionism vs judaism)
Fallacy #5: If the 'state' Israel somehow magically ceased to exist, all jews therein would be axe murdered
Nobody hates america, a lot of people admire(d) it... Nobody wants foreign troops in their country (including america :)) long term, all about nationalism n sovereignty, american troops in Saudia = pissed a lot of people off.
:) (any other country would do)
/Dictators supporting the US good
/Dictators opposing the US bad
so on and so forth
America attacked Afghanistan, direct reaction , extremists won a series of elections in Pakistan for the first time since its creation...
The more badly america pisses people off, the more they'll try to hurt america, the only avenue for hurting america at the moment appears to be Bin Laden hence the support he has, stop the hypocrisy and 'slowly' but surely people will stop hating america...
The reason people are anti american is the hypcrisy evident to most people that follow media that is not american
Israel nukes good
Everybody else nukes bad
Israel flouting UN conventions goood
everyone else bad
Monarchies
Monarchies
Factor in all the communism induced paranoia and how the US made sure to quell any tendency of muslim countries to align with the USSR (assassinations / coup's etc) , see a lot of reason people to distrust america
Bunch of fallacies there a) Most jews didnt support Israel, a vocal minority , wanted it to be where it is. The support they currently enjoy came about after the war of 67 :)
b) Current day Israel was conquered by Muslims in the mid 600's....until the early-mid 1900's the area consisted of people of all three faiths living largely in harmony (except for a few very brief periods of nutty rulers).....
Yes most muslim countries ARE fucked up, how many of those were NOT colonized? how many of those havent had US/CIA backed dictators? I'm not blaming the US for their problems but credit where credits due, we did fuck them up just as much as they themselves did/are doing
If you're referring to the period from 600-1700 or so 'unilateral action', dont remember there being the UN Or international law or any country that 'consulted' others before invading, kinda what progress is all about, most countries 'agreed' NOT to do that anymore within the past 50-60 years
About shutting off oil, remember the 73 oil crisis? remember the guy behind it? (Shah Faisal)... Guess how long he 'lived' after that.... tad bit over a year... his assassination is largely attributed to the CIA
(read up on all of the above.. sorry if I came across as rude or anything, that wasnt my intention)
Just wondering what exactly the bus is, am apparently blind enough to not notice it
This may have something to do with current bluetooth capabilities. Bluetooth based networks currently support piconets with a master and seven slaves. Presume they simply extended this to support multicasting
I used to be an avid dean supporter, lost respect somewhat after he bashed Nader though, was wondering if you could post that link (if you come across it some time). Thanks
Hi I just called up Verizon and I live like 2 miles from where you are (Tysons Corner) and was told they have no offerings in Northern VA yet and it'll take 6-8 more months???. Could I get some sorta confirmation from you, like something I could state back to them, order number perhaps? Thanks
I'm on hold as well so we know it did succeed this time, the sites down too :D
Thought they had proven that they can?