Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives (was: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?)

2007-05-23 Thread Tom Buskey
On 5/22/07, Dan Jenkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ben Scott wrote: Alternative #1: Stop watching TV. Radical idea, I know, not buying a product you don't like. :) It's been well over a decade since I've watched television. Do get a lot more reading done. Does cut down on water cooler

Re: GONE, tower case, floppy, cd, P/S

2007-05-23 Thread Ted Roche
Gone. Got an email from someone interested in it. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives

2007-05-23 Thread Paul Lussier
Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How about a more EO (equal offense) quote: Opinions are like assholes: Everybody has one, and they almost always stink! Not that I have, or care to perform a proper and scientifically controlled 'snif test', but do you have any even anecdotal evidence that

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives

2007-05-23 Thread Paul Lussier
Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But how can they allow you do watch it whenever you want, and disallow someone to distribute it for free without paying ANYTHING for it? I don't necessarily have the answers to their quandaries. I just know that I'm not going to pay to not be able to

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives

2007-05-23 Thread Paul Lussier
Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Make sure you check availability, not just a hit for a show. Mythbusters, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, and Ask This Old House have a very poor showing on Netflix, though there are some hits. This Old House, New Yankee Workshop, and Good Eats

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives

2007-05-23 Thread Travis Roy
Why not make the show downloadable for free but sell advertising and put the commercials in the show. Sure, they can be ellided, but seriously, who's going to bother? Yah, because writing a program to run the content through and auto- delete the commercials is so much harder than cracking

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives

2007-05-23 Thread Thomas Charron
On 5/23/07, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How about a more EO (equal offense) quote: Opinions are like assholes: Everybody has one, and they almost always stink! Not that I have, or care to perform a proper and scientifically controlled 'snif

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives (was: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?)

2007-05-23 Thread Jim Kuzdrall
On Tuesday 22 May 2007 18:49, Dan Jenkins wrote: It's been well over a decade since I've watched television. Do get a lot more reading done. I quit is 1987. I don't know how I would find time to fit it back into my schedule now. It is such a waste of time. Does cut down on water

Re: WICKED OT: TV delivery alternatives

2007-05-23 Thread Thomas Charron
On 5/23/07, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Make sure you check availability, not just a hit for a show. Mythbusters, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, and Ask This Old House have a very poor showing on Netflix, though there are some hits. This Old

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives (was: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?)

2007-05-23 Thread Thomas Charron
On 5/23/07, Jim Kuzdrall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I quit is 1987. I don't know how I would find time to fit it back into my schedule now. It is such a waste of time. Statement of fact, instead of opinion apperently. :-P Try this some time. Record the sound of your favorite

Re: WICKED OT: TV delivery alternatives

2007-05-23 Thread Travis Roy
OMG, Ben! http://smartflix.com/store/video/300/How-To-Construct-Mines How to blow yourself up in one simply instructional video! :-) Is having a link showing you how to get something that describes how to make a mine better or worse than sending a URL on where to get torrent

Re: WICKED OT: TV delivery alternatives

2007-05-23 Thread Thomas Charron
On 5/23/07, Travis Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OMG, Ben! http://smartflix.com/store/video/300/How-To-Construct-Mines How to blow yourself up in one simply instructional video! :-) Is having a link showing you how to get something that describes how to make a mine better or worse

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives (was: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?)

2007-05-23 Thread Tom Buskey
On 5/23/07, Jim Kuzdrall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not that I am against the populous having their thoughts and desires centrally controlled. (As Marx would say, The opiate of the people.) With out this consumption-driving device, our consumer society would collapse, devastating my stock

Re: WICKED OT: TV delivery alternatives

2007-05-23 Thread Ben Scott
On 5/23/07, Travis Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is having a link showing you how to get something that describes how to make a mine better or worse than sending a URL on where to get torrent files? Accidentally blowing oneself up is not considered illegal, and, in your case Travis, could

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives (was: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?)

2007-05-23 Thread Steven W. Orr
On Tuesday, May 22nd 2007 at 14:53 -0400, quoth Thomas Charron: =On 5/22/07, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: = On 5/22/07, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: = You where dumb enough to WATCH it? :-) I thought you said = you vote with your wallet... = I used to be proud to

Request: Take Off-Topic Off-List

2007-05-23 Thread Ted Roche
Could we have some on-topic discussions on the list, please? General tech is fine, too. The state of NH as a place for Linux to flourish. Enough scatalogical and explosives for a while, please. -- Ted Not the Mail Nazi, just play one on the list Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC

Liberation Fonts?

2007-05-23 Thread Ted Roche
Is that like Freedom Fries? Anyone tried this? https://www.redhat.com/promo/fonts/ -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org

Hey, How 'bout them Red-Hatters!

2007-05-23 Thread Ted Roche
Has anyone got a clue what Red Hat is promoting with the Global Desktop? Just when I thought we were going to see Fedora Core/Extras united, a clear unified enterprise message out of Red Hat, they zig again. Today Red Hat is announcing the upcoming availability of Red Hat Global Desktop. Global

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives (was: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?)

2007-05-23 Thread Jim Kuzdrall
On Wednesday 23 May 2007 11:00, Thomas Charron wrote: On 5/23/07, Jim Kuzdrall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I quit is 1987. I don't know how I would find time to fit it back into my schedule now. It is such a waste of time. Statement of fact, instead of opinion apperently. :-P

RE: Hey, How 'bout them Red-Hatters!

2007-05-23 Thread Flaherty, Patrick
I asked my buddy that works for RedHat. Cheaper licensing, 2 year life cycle desktop os. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 11:43 AM To: Greater NH Linux User Group Subject: Hey, How 'bout them

RE: Hey, How 'bout them Red-Hatters!

2007-05-23 Thread Flaherty, Patrick
oh yeah, and he pointed me towards http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8809240318.html -Original Message- From: Flaherty, Patrick Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:15 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; Greater NH Linux User Group Subject: RE: Hey, How 'bout them Red-Hatters! I asked my buddy

Re: Liberation Fonts?

2007-05-23 Thread Marc Nozell
On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 11:35 -0400, Ted Roche wrote: Is that like Freedom Fries? Anyone tried this? https://www.redhat.com/promo/fonts/ They are pretty nice. I've installed them on my Ubuntu/Feisty laptop by just unpacking them into ~/.fonts and running fc-cache. Rebooting would have

Re: Hey, How 'bout them Red-Hatters!

2007-05-23 Thread G.O.
On 5/23/07, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone got a clue what Red Hat is promoting with the Global Desktop? Just when I thought we were going to see Fedora Core/Extras united, a clear unified enterprise message out of Red Hat, they zig again. No ziggin'. Core/Extras merge has

DNLA streaming?

2007-05-23 Thread Thomas Charron
After looking at the up and coming 1.8 firmware for the PS3, they will now allow users to stream media via 'DNLA' enabled devices. Any idea exactly what this means directly? Is there a way for say, a MythTV box to be 'DNLA enabled'? Data on the net points to it being some sort of UPnP

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives

2007-05-23 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Paul Lussier writes: http://www.smartflix.com For a while now I have been interested in re-watching a show that used to be on PBS when I was...younger. It was called The Mechanical Universe. It was a physics show that used a lot of computer graphics to illustrate the mathematical principles

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives

2007-05-23 Thread Michael ODonnell
For a while now I have been interested in re-watching a show that used to be on PBS when I was...younger. It was called The Mechanical Universe. It was a physics show that used a lot of computer graphics to illustrate the mathematical principles behind physics. Hey! I love The

Re: DNLA streaming?

2007-05-23 Thread Ben Scott
On 5/23/07, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any idea exactly what this means directly? Is there a way for say, a MythTV box to be 'DNLA enabled'? Data on the net points to it being some sort of UPnP device which supports HTTP streaming of content. DNLA and Linux searches lead to

Re: Hey, How 'bout them Red-Hatters!

2007-05-23 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Wednesday 23 May 2007 14:07:34 G.O. wrote: On 5/23/07, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone got a clue what Red Hat is promoting with the Global Desktop? Just when I thought we were going to see Fedora Core/Extras united, a clear unified enterprise message out of Red Hat,

Re: Hey, How 'bout them Red-Hatters!

2007-05-23 Thread Ben Scott
On 5/23/07, Flaherty, Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I asked my buddy that works for RedHat. Cheaper licensing, 2 year life cycle desktop os. Sounds like another Linux distribution I once used... I think it was called Red Hat Linux or something like that... ;-) -- Ben

Re: DNLA streaming?

2007-05-23 Thread Chip Marshall
On May 23, 2007, Ben Scott sent me the following: I searched for DLNA, and Google suggested I might mean DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) instead. A quick Google for PS3 DLNA seemed to indicate Google was right. Note that I have no idea what any of this is; just reporting what

Re: DNLA streaming?

2007-05-23 Thread Thomas Charron
On 5/23/07, Chip Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 23, 2007, Ben Scott sent me the following: I searched for DLNA, and Google suggested I might mean DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) instead. A quick Google for PS3 DLNA seemed to indicate Google was right. Note that I

Re: DNLA streaming?

2007-05-23 Thread Thomas Charron
On 5/23/07, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/23/07, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any idea exactly what this means directly? Is there a way for say, a MythTV box to be 'DNLA enabled'? Data on the net points to it being some sort of UPnP device which supports HTTP

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives

2007-05-23 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Michael ODonnell writes: Hey! I love The Mechanical Universe, with the prof standing at the front of the class and mixing his dry (nerdy?) wit into the material as he lectures, and all those early animations by James Blinn - now *that's* entertainment. I think it's here:

Re: DNLA streaming?

2007-05-23 Thread Thomas Charron
On 5/23/07, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/23/07, Chip Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 23, 2007, Ben Scott sent me the following: I searched for DLNA, and Google suggested I might mean DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) instead. A quick Google for PS3 DLNA

Re: DNLA streaming?

2007-05-23 Thread Thomas Charron
On 5/23/07, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MythTV is listed! I wonder if this means in some strange way, PS3's will now be able to out of the box use MythTV boxes?? I forgot to add, I also found: http://www.dlna.org/en/industry/about/dlna_white_paper_2006.pdf Perhaps uPnP AV is

Re: DNLA streaming?

2007-05-23 Thread Thomas Charron
On 5/23/07, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/23/07, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MythTV is listed! I wonder if this means in some strange way, PS3's will now be able to out of the box use MythTV boxes?? I forgot to add, I also found:

MonadLUG notes, 10-May-2007, dd and Seth Cohn, Drupal

2007-05-23 Thread Ted Roche
Ten attendees made it to the May meeting of the Monadnock Valley Linux User Group, held as usual on the second Thursday of the month at the School Administrative Unit #1 offices, Hancock Road, Peterborough. Bill Freeman presented his thoughts on the Man Page of the Month: dd. Bill provided two

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives

2007-05-23 Thread Ben Scott
On 23 May 2007 16:57:32 -0400, Kevin D. Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.learner.org/resources/series42.html Hmm...the last time I tried that site, my computer didn't really deal with those videos very well, but now it seems to be almost at the point of playing them. FWIW, I'm