are there really THAT many people out there that pay the monthly fee
I have a DirectTV Tivo and it costs me $5 a month. Since I might ditch the dish at some point and go to a cable/MythTV solution, I prefer a nice cheap monthly fee.
Better yet, why dont Tivo and NetFlix partner/merge. They could provide a complete conenction to millions of titles. All you do is set your queue and it will DL directly to the tivo device.
Someone mod this post up! It's the best idea I've heard in a long time. Since Netflix already has "unlimited" rentals, this is just removing the physical media from the equation. They could sell the subscriptions at the same price and remove the expense of shipping. Also, since anyone with a DVD player in their computer can already rip a DVD, shipping an electronic copy wouldn't create any additional piracy exposure.
I've got a DirectTV Tivo but I'd pay another $10 or $20 a month for unlimited Netflix video "rentals".
I started using Knoppix and realized how many of the little Linux annoyances were just RH. I've been a fan of RH since the beginning (they are local and I know many of them).
With Knoppix, my wireless cards were supported a year before RH. Everything the laptop (including power functions) worked out of the box with Knoppix. RH required a kernel recompile and extra utils and hours of putzing with config files.
And burning CDs and DVDs. Again, out of the box with Knoppix but RH never liked one of my burners. Same with digital cameras. All the home "consumer items" that RH (the business OS) doesn't care about run great under Knoppix.
Also, I don't ~care~ why RH doesn't think MP3s are "free enough". I really REALLY don't care. I have a lot of MP3s and I want to be able to play them out of the box. With Knoppix, I can. With RH (like Windows), I have extra steps.
Now, at work, when people ask what Linux to try, I point them to Knoppix instead of RH.
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plus that wouldn't work with wikipeida since it's user made/edited
You mean like Google did with Usenet Newsgroups?
Don't get me wrong, I like Google, but don't assume that they can't own the only database containing the 'free' information and provide access as they see fit. After all, they are paying to maintain it, right?
I wonder when the demand for some shows will become great enough that fans will be able to finance entire shows DIRECTLY
Funding the show is something a lot more people might get behind ~if~ we made some of the money back. Where do the profits go when fans get a show produced?
From the first run commercials to the re-runs, can't we set up a corporation to handle/channel the funds? Then we can buy shares. Shows like Firefly, Farscape, Enterprise...
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I did a quick search on google and found one knoppix based live cd but it seemed to be only the front end and still required the backend to be installed some where.
Is there a standalone CD that I can try out with Mythtv ready to go for my GeForce FX 5700 personal cinema?
No. In order to use Myth, you must have an installed system somewhere. There's enough setup to a Myth system, you wouldn't want to use it on a Knoppix boot type cd anyway.
After you get a Myth server running on your network, you can use the live CD to boot a box for a front-end though. Or you can you run the front-end on the server box.
Was this all on the same hardware? I migrated a shop from Perforce to CVS and found CVS performance to be about the same.
I'm currently on a project that just migrated from CVS to Subversion and Subversion is ~much~ faster, however, they also did a hardware upgrade, so I can't compare the two.
This was covered on/. when it was new... link enough burger stores together and you never know what will emerge! This is a ~great~ essay. Really makes you think.
http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm
I for one welcome our new Roomba overlords!
So, Sun release the source code for their JVM, but if they don't port it to every plaform in existence, that's *their* fault?
Do you work at Sun or just own stock??
I don't care if they don't port to "every platform in existence" but when Sun's CEO stands up and accuses IBM of not porting their products to Sun's OS, Sun should make very sure their products were ported first.
Basically, if you live in a glass house, don't throw stones from the living room.
Sure, take all the nice Linux applications over to Windows
A lot of linux advocates seem to think that keeping the "good" apps only on linux will win over converts. One day everyone is going to wake up and say "Hey! I gotta have (insert your favorite app here)!"
Guess what? It didn't happen in the last 10 years... it's not going to happen this year either.
Port your apps to win32 and when migrating to linux no longer looks like a steep learning curve (because the same apps live everywhere), then Joe Office Manager will look at linux seriously.
Agreed. I had a 200 gig drive that kept locking up on me... I added a large (but quiet fan) inside the case to just move some air over it. It hasn't given me any trouble since.
Actually, I've not had a hard drive failure in any of my machines (3 in my home office) since I started getting a little air flow over them. Before that I was seeing fairly frequent IDE failures as well.
I wonder if it would be cheaper for manufacturers to start putting small fans on the drives rather than have to keep replacing them...
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I have a DirectTV Tivo and it costs me $5 a month. Since I might ditch the dish at some point and go to a cable/MythTV solution, I prefer a nice cheap monthly fee.
Someone mod this post up! It's the best idea I've heard in a long time. Since Netflix already has "unlimited" rentals, this is just removing the physical media from the equation. They could sell the subscriptions at the same price and remove the expense of shipping. Also, since anyone with a DVD player in their computer can already rip a DVD, shipping an electronic copy wouldn't create any additional piracy exposure.
I've got a DirectTV Tivo but I'd pay another $10 or $20 a month for unlimited Netflix video "rentals".
With Knoppix, my wireless cards were supported a year before RH. Everything the laptop (including power functions) worked out of the box with Knoppix. RH required a kernel recompile and extra utils and hours of putzing with config files.
And burning CDs and DVDs. Again, out of the box with Knoppix but RH never liked one of my burners. Same with digital cameras. All the home "consumer items" that RH (the business OS) doesn't care about run great under Knoppix.
Also, I don't ~care~ why RH doesn't think MP3s are "free enough". I really REALLY don't care. I have a lot of MP3s and I want to be able to play them out of the box. With Knoppix, I can. With RH (like Windows), I have extra steps.
Now, at work, when people ask what Linux to try, I point them to Knoppix instead of RH.
That's ~horrible~!!!
Someone mod him funny! :)
There's a leap of logic... well, I guess if it's on the web, I can just download it? E-Donkey doesn't host everything for free. ;)
Here's a little more substantial info: http://www.google.com/terms_of_service.html
The Google Services are made available for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not use the Google Services to sell a product or service, or to increase traffic to your Web site for commercial reasons, such as advertising sales. You may not take the results from a Google search and reformat and display them, or mirror the Google home page or results pages on your Web site. You may not "meta-search" Google. If you want to make commercial use of the Google Services, you must enter into an agreement with Google to do so in advance.
You mean like Google did with Usenet Newsgroups?
Don't get me wrong, I like Google, but don't assume that they can't own the only database containing the 'free' information and provide access as they see fit. After all, they are paying to maintain it, right?
Funding the show is something a lot more people might get behind ~if~ we made some of the money back. Where do the profits go when fans get a show produced?
From the first run commercials to the re-runs, can't we set up a corporation to handle/channel the funds? Then we can buy shares. Shows like Firefly, Farscape, Enterprise...
Is there a standalone CD that I can try out with Mythtv ready to go for my GeForce FX 5700 personal cinema?
No. In order to use Myth, you must have an installed system somewhere. There's enough setup to a Myth system, you wouldn't want to use it on a Knoppix boot type cd anyway.
After you get a Myth server running on your network, you can use the live CD to boot a box for a front-end though. Or you can you run the front-end on the server box.
I'm currently on a project that just migrated from CVS to Subversion and Subversion is ~much~ faster, however, they also did a hardware upgrade, so I can't compare the two.
I've done book reviews for /. and been contacted by publishers (other than the PragProg guys) who have offered to send me books if I would review them.
Oh yeah, that's a great reason! I'm sure that Bill is terrified of RMS! :)
This was covered on /. when it was new... link enough burger stores together and you never know what will emerge! This is a ~great~ essay. Really makes you think.
http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm
I for one welcome our new Roomba overlords!
Okay, so it's not new, but it seems to be more obvious recently...
Do you work at Sun or just own stock??
I don't care if they don't port to "every platform in existence" but when Sun's CEO stands up and accuses IBM of not porting their products to Sun's OS, Sun should make very sure their products were ported first.
Basically, if you live in a glass house, don't throw stones from the living room.
The initial Jikes RVM infrastructure was independently developed as part of the Jalapeño research project at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
IBM has their own port for AIX, mainframes, etc. Why isn't Sun supporting them?
As to Java on all platforms, ask the FreeBSD people how they feel.
Easy. The dinosaurs were all Republicans.
might actually be true?
A lot of linux advocates seem to think that keeping the "good" apps only on linux will win over converts. One day everyone is going to wake up and say "Hey! I gotta have (insert your favorite app here)!"
Guess what? It didn't happen in the last 10 years... it's not going to happen this year either.
Port your apps to win32 and when migrating to linux no longer looks like a steep learning curve (because the same apps live everywhere), then Joe Office Manager will look at linux seriously.
Agreed. I had a 200 gig drive that kept locking up on me... I added a large (but quiet fan) inside the case to just move some air over it. It hasn't given me any trouble since.
Actually, I've not had a hard drive failure in any of my machines (3 in my home office) since I started getting a little air flow over them. Before that I was seeing fairly frequent IDE failures as well.
I wonder if it would be cheaper for manufacturers to start putting small fans on the drives rather than have to keep replacing them...
This talks about sales in the US. How much did other countries spend?