Since there's no guarantee that the data is written until fsync(2) is called, and it hasn't been called at the point fwrite(2) returns, why attempt to write the data at all?
I agree -- I'm also a die-hard Trackball Explorer user. Fortunately, nobody at work knows how much they're going for on eBay or I'd have to lock it up at night.
I love the fingertip control, lack of arm movement (no "mouse elbow"!) and the extra two buttons for the fingers. I have those bound to page up/down which makes paging through web sites very easy.
There's a post from Toyota at PriusChat.com. They're backing down. "Please let your members know that we offer a sincere apology to the DesktopNexus site and its users for any inconvenience or disruption this miscommunication may have caused."
To be fair, parts are covered for 1 year. And they will transfer a lifetime subscription if necessary for any authorized repair, in or out of warranty. They'll also do it for swaps under 3rd party extended warranties.
There are also 3rd party companies that will repair TiVos. The majority of the failures are either bad hard drives or bad modems. The former can be fixed simply by replacing the drive and reloading the software (though see the other thread about TiVo cracking down on downloadable images). For a bad modem, you can fix the motherboard, use an external modem, or install a network adapter and get updates over the internet.
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Since there's no guarantee that the data is written until fsync(2) is called, and it hasn't been called at the point fwrite(2) returns, why attempt to write the data at all?
I agree -- I'm also a die-hard Trackball Explorer user. Fortunately, nobody at work knows how much they're going for on eBay or I'd have to lock it up at night. I love the fingertip control, lack of arm movement (no "mouse elbow"!) and the extra two buttons for the fingers. I have those bound to page up/down which makes paging through web sites very easy.
There's a post from Toyota at PriusChat.com. They're backing down. "Please let your members know that we offer a sincere apology to the DesktopNexus site and its users for any inconvenience or disruption this miscommunication may have caused."
To be fair, parts are covered for 1 year. And they will transfer a lifetime subscription if necessary for any authorized repair, in or out of warranty. They'll also do it for swaps under 3rd party extended warranties.
There are also 3rd party companies that will repair TiVos. The majority of the failures are either bad hard drives or bad modems. The former can be fixed simply by replacing the drive and reloading the software (though see the other thread about TiVo cracking down on downloadable images). For a bad modem, you can fix the motherboard, use an external modem, or install a network adapter and get updates over the internet.