My first thought when I saw this was wondering what Google's toolset plan was.
But by next year, Brin hopes the vast majority of Googlers will be doing their work on Chrome OS.
I would imagine there's a lot of engineering and development work at Google - are they going to be able to do what they do via Chromebooks? Does that mean there's development full-fledged tools, IDEs, VMs (maybe?) currently working within the Chrome OS framework? If so, that would be incredible.
anybody with Firesheep can forge someone else's session cookie.
And then someone can post or make sports picks or whatever my site does masquerading as someone else? If I'm just running a hobby site for some friends that I can show off why do I care if someone hijacks their session for my podunk site?
Sort of a tangent, but how do you know if you're getting an HD stream from Netflix? Or is there any sort of comparison chart of different Netflix devices? I've got some cheapo Insignia Bluray player I picked up partially because it came bundled with Netflix playback. That works fine and all and streams seem fine to me but I've wondered how my experience compares to other devices. I saw the Netflix menu on a friend's PS3 and it blew the BR players' interface away. What's going to give me the best Netflix streaming experience? A Roku box? A tivo? A DIY Boxee box? I like having it bundled with a disc player or DVR or something just so I don't have to have yet another device but how do I know?
There's a whole lot of college sports (well the ones that count- football and basketball) that are NOT on the major broadcast networks. Even in the same local market as the school in question.
Will it actually make use of the Internet connection it has? First, their browser could have been at the forefront of living room web browsing. But it sucks. Flash support on it sucks. And I'm pretty sure it's not even updated or being worked on any more. Then you've got the plethora of games that would (could? should?) have online multiplayer or downloadable updates available, but don't. I really like multiplayer trivia games, especially with people over. Trivial Pursuit even looks like it has support to add new questions, but that was never available on the Wii. I just found out You Don't Know Jack is available on the Wii now. But the Wii version doesn't support online multiplayer or additional content - even though the XBOX version does! Why?!?
So remind me again, why is channel surfing so great?
Sometimes I don't want to think about what to watch, and just mindlessly bounce from place to place for awhile? Like stumbleupon for TV, but without the shitty signal to noise ratio that is web video?
Is there anything else? I have no need for 4 cablecard tuners, but would love a dual-tuner cablecard device. Ceton seems to be the only cablecard device out there, only offers the giganto model, and is super expensive. Why is no one else doing it?
What does IE9 offer that FF4 does not, and over Chrome for that matter? From what I've read it loses out in at least extensibility and speed compared to the others.
I have a Thinkpad with switchable graphics - integrated Intel for low power stuff and an ATI discrete chip for real graphics. I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 on it. The way it works is basically Ubuntu doesn't support on the fly switching so you select in the BIOS which setting you want "on" and it uses that. Every Ubuntu seems to detect there's proprietary drivers for the ATI stuff just fine - but every time I've tried using those and using the discrete graphics, it reboots and just comes to a blank screen. I always end up having to either reinstall the whole OS, or boot with a disc and delete xorg or somethingorother, then switching back to the integrated graphics for it to Just Work. On top of that, I'll search forums and blogs and get thousands of different answers, from having to compile my own whatnot to it shouldn't be using this setting in the first place. I dunno, it's a complete hassle. All in all I love running the linux desktop but I think the audio and video have been the biggest PITAs the whole time. Enough that every so often I consider switching back to Windows 7. I did do that probably a year ago and it lasted about two weeks before I wanted to go back. I missed my wobbly windows!
Maybe I need to wipe everything clean and start from scratch on the next Ubuntu release and try it again...of course I still don't think there's an answer to the true on the fly switchable graphics, so who knows.
Cool, I'll check out MediaPortal. I get what Boxee is - but I include DVR'd content in my "media content". I want a single box to aggregate content from Internet media, local media, and cable. I was hoping GoogleTV might have done that - say I have "The Office" on my mind. I search for that on a device and it shows me locally saved recordings, downloaded videos, that it's available streaming on any number of sites, and that there are episodes currently playing on my cable channel X. It seems like Boxee and GoogleTV, etc. have most of that - the aggregating local and Internet content. But there's a completely separate paradigm for the rest. Why can't everything be covered in a single box?
Out of curiosity, how is the ATV Netflix different from the Roku version? I've often wondered about the different Netflixes on different devices. I mean, I know Netflix on my Wii isn't going to display the same as on other devices that might support HD. And I've seen the difference in the movie browsing interface on a friend's PS3 vs my cheap-o BluRay player that has Netflix on it. But is actual playback of Netflix videos different from device to device? Is there anywhere that runs down the differences between Netflix implementations on different devices?
The one thing I would like to see in any of these boxes (Boxee, XBMC, etc.) is a clean integrated DVR. With CableCard support. Why do I have to use the cableco's box, or pay for a Tivo, or build my own separate media center (myth or Win7 or whatever) to get a DVR? I don't want to have to manage some sort of convoluted ecosystem of boxes or extenders either. Boxee/XBC obviously has the media management, playback, and streaming down pat. Why isn't there a DVR option that I can plug into networked storage and do all of that natively, too?
Forget BCC...you can't forward a message in FB, either. If my friend sends me a link as a private message and I want to send that to another friend - I have to create a new message and copy-paste the link to them. FB messaging works fine as sort of a text message replacement. But I don't see it supplanting real email communication any time soon.
Exactly. My house is an investment in my lifestyle well-being. Sure, it might be nice to sell it for a profit someday, but for the time being I'm getting benefit out of living in it, not having neighbors on the next wall, having land to do stuff on, and being able to live and do what I want to do.
*Nobody* does anything out of the goodness of their hearts. *Every* individual is motivated by self-interest and that's it. If people would realize that and make policy accordingly we'd be out of this mess that much sooner. Stop telling me why doing something will help somebody else and instead make it in my best interest to do what you want me to do. If you want all the rich fuckers to do something, give them a reason to do it instead of penalizing them for being rich.
I'm always amused at stories about "uproar" in the "twitterverse" over inane things like this. So a bunch of people sitting at their computers got pissed that someone was sullying up their clean hashtags? And then tweeted back that they were mad? It makes me want to start tagging all my shit with #cairo just to piss them off, too. Puhlease. Maybe instead of getting pissed at a twitter posting you should get out and be proactive at stopping injustices rather than bitching about it on the internet.
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Ubuntu One, but the server-side is proprietary. And it is rather buggy on other platforms.
So, like a lot of open source software, it's a solution...but not really.
netflix runs on any number of linux devices.
http://www.netflix.com/NetflixReadyDevices?cid=Game+Consoles
What do you think those tvs, blu rays, etc run?
So I can make my own small Ubuntu server running Boxee or something and have a Netflix viewer in my living room? That I built myself?
My first thought when I saw this was wondering what Google's toolset plan was.
But by next year, Brin hopes the vast majority of Googlers will be doing their work on Chrome OS.
I would imagine there's a lot of engineering and development work at Google - are they going to be able to do what they do via Chromebooks? Does that mean there's development full-fledged tools, IDEs, VMs (maybe?) currently working within the Chrome OS framework? If so, that would be incredible.
anybody with Firesheep can forge someone else's session cookie.
And then someone can post or make sports picks or whatever my site does masquerading as someone else? If I'm just running a hobby site for some friends that I can show off why do I care if someone hijacks their session for my podunk site?
When will the social networking hoopla simply die?
When humans stop wanting to interact with other humans? Technically, going out to a restaurant with friends is social networking, right?
Sort of a tangent, but how do you know if you're getting an HD stream from Netflix? Or is there any sort of comparison chart of different Netflix devices? I've got some cheapo Insignia Bluray player I picked up partially because it came bundled with Netflix playback. That works fine and all and streams seem fine to me but I've wondered how my experience compares to other devices. I saw the Netflix menu on a friend's PS3 and it blew the BR players' interface away. What's going to give me the best Netflix streaming experience? A Roku box? A tivo? A DIY Boxee box? I like having it bundled with a disc player or DVR or something just so I don't have to have yet another device but how do I know?
There's a whole lot of college sports (well the ones that count- football and basketball) that are NOT on the major broadcast networks. Even in the same local market as the school in question.
Will it actually make use of the Internet connection it has? First, their browser could have been at the forefront of living room web browsing. But it sucks. Flash support on it sucks. And I'm pretty sure it's not even updated or being worked on any more. Then you've got the plethora of games that would (could? should?) have online multiplayer or downloadable updates available, but don't. I really like multiplayer trivia games, especially with people over. Trivial Pursuit even looks like it has support to add new questions, but that was never available on the Wii. I just found out You Don't Know Jack is available on the Wii now. But the Wii version doesn't support online multiplayer or additional content - even though the XBOX version does! Why?!?
So remind me again, why is channel surfing so great?
Sometimes I don't want to think about what to watch, and just mindlessly bounce from place to place for awhile? Like stumbleupon for TV, but without the shitty signal to noise ratio that is web video?
Nevermind the insanity of having "blackouts" for internet-based streaming in the first place!
Is there anything else? I have no need for 4 cablecard tuners, but would love a dual-tuner cablecard device. Ceton seems to be the only cablecard device out there, only offers the giganto model, and is super expensive. Why is no one else doing it?
There's adult content on Netflix? Where?
What does IE9 offer that FF4 does not, and over Chrome for that matter? From what I've read it loses out in at least extensibility and speed compared to the others.
I have a Thinkpad with switchable graphics - integrated Intel for low power stuff and an ATI discrete chip for real graphics. I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 on it. The way it works is basically Ubuntu doesn't support on the fly switching so you select in the BIOS which setting you want "on" and it uses that. Every Ubuntu seems to detect there's proprietary drivers for the ATI stuff just fine - but every time I've tried using those and using the discrete graphics, it reboots and just comes to a blank screen. I always end up having to either reinstall the whole OS, or boot with a disc and delete xorg or somethingorother, then switching back to the integrated graphics for it to Just Work. On top of that, I'll search forums and blogs and get thousands of different answers, from having to compile my own whatnot to it shouldn't be using this setting in the first place. I dunno, it's a complete hassle. All in all I love running the linux desktop but I think the audio and video have been the biggest PITAs the whole time. Enough that every so often I consider switching back to Windows 7. I did do that probably a year ago and it lasted about two weeks before I wanted to go back. I missed my wobbly windows!
Maybe I need to wipe everything clean and start from scratch on the next Ubuntu release and try it again...of course I still don't think there's an answer to the true on the fly switchable graphics, so who knows.
Cool, I'll check out MediaPortal. I get what Boxee is - but I include DVR'd content in my "media content". I want a single box to aggregate content from Internet media, local media, and cable. I was hoping GoogleTV might have done that - say I have "The Office" on my mind. I search for that on a device and it shows me locally saved recordings, downloaded videos, that it's available streaming on any number of sites, and that there are episodes currently playing on my cable channel X. It seems like Boxee and GoogleTV, etc. have most of that - the aggregating local and Internet content. But there's a completely separate paradigm for the rest. Why can't everything be covered in a single box?
Out of curiosity, how is the ATV Netflix different from the Roku version? I've often wondered about the different Netflixes on different devices. I mean, I know Netflix on my Wii isn't going to display the same as on other devices that might support HD. And I've seen the difference in the movie browsing interface on a friend's PS3 vs my cheap-o BluRay player that has Netflix on it. But is actual playback of Netflix videos different from device to device? Is there anywhere that runs down the differences between Netflix implementations on different devices?
The one thing I would like to see in any of these boxes (Boxee, XBMC, etc.) is a clean integrated DVR. With CableCard support. Why do I have to use the cableco's box, or pay for a Tivo, or build my own separate media center (myth or Win7 or whatever) to get a DVR? I don't want to have to manage some sort of convoluted ecosystem of boxes or extenders either. Boxee/XBC obviously has the media management, playback, and streaming down pat. Why isn't there a DVR option that I can plug into networked storage and do all of that natively, too?
2008 called, they want their Firefox-has-memory-leaks argument back...
Forget BCC...you can't forward a message in FB, either. If my friend sends me a link as a private message and I want to send that to another friend - I have to create a new message and copy-paste the link to them. FB messaging works fine as sort of a text message replacement. But I don't see it supplanting real email communication any time soon.
Containerships and Trains will bring products directly to my doorstep then?
Exactly. My house is an investment in my lifestyle well-being. Sure, it might be nice to sell it for a profit someday, but for the time being I'm getting benefit out of living in it, not having neighbors on the next wall, having land to do stuff on, and being able to live and do what I want to do.
*Nobody* does anything out of the goodness of their hearts. *Every* individual is motivated by self-interest and that's it. If people would realize that and make policy accordingly we'd be out of this mess that much sooner. Stop telling me why doing something will help somebody else and instead make it in my best interest to do what you want me to do. If you want all the rich fuckers to do something, give them a reason to do it instead of penalizing them for being rich.
Oooo 100 years! That's like, half the age of the planet!
I'm always amused at stories about "uproar" in the "twitterverse" over inane things like this. So a bunch of people sitting at their computers got pissed that someone was sullying up their clean hashtags? And then tweeted back that they were mad? It makes me want to start tagging all my shit with #cairo just to piss them off, too. Puhlease. Maybe instead of getting pissed at a twitter posting you should get out and be proactive at stopping injustices rather than bitching about it on the internet.
That reminded me of a post on Gizmodo awhile back where someone was already doing that.