You could also wait a few months and go with googleTV.
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Brian Cluff br...@snaptek.com wrote:
Go for a MythTV system. You can base it off of any old Pentium 4 class
machine or better that you might have lying around already, and you can
slave your main system
Thanks to all for very helpful suggestions ... especially to Brian Cluff
for an exceptionally thorough explanation!
Go for a MythTV system.
[snip]
Mythbuntu CD and guide service for $20 a year
Silicon Stardust HDhomerun ... to capture 2 channels at once in hi-def
Installed Ubuntu 10.04 and everything is fine except for Firefox V. 3.6.8 which
does not connect to the internet. Ubuntu downloads all its updates with no
problems so the internet connection works fine. When I activate Firefox it
times out without connecting to the internet. What is the
Doubt this is it, but tried unchecking File - Work Offline ?
2010/8/26 Clayton Stapleton clay4...@inbox.com
Installed Ubuntu 10.04 and everything is fine except for Firefox V. 3.6.8
which does not connect to the internet. Ubuntu downloads all its updates
with no problems so the internet
Bryan O'Neal wrote:
As stated in a recent thread there seems to be a substantial lack of
decent windows admin groups. Particularly ones with the culture we
enjoy here. The solution - start one. I know a dozen or so people here
who are forced to admin windows boxes and would like a collective
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:06, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote:
Bryan O'Neal wrote:
As stated in a recent thread there seems to be a substantial lack of
decent windows admin groups. Particularly ones with the culture we
enjoy here. The solution - start one. I know a dozen or so people
Folks,
This is both geek and election related.
I need to know if anybody has encountered a WiFi router that automatically
creates an SSID consisting of myqwest followed with no spaces by four
numbers - seems to be standard base 10 vs. hex or whatever. I need to
know if the numeric portion of
Well since this whole thread pertains to the question of top posting
vs bottom posting, I went even one further. I just reply with an
empty message! This is one reason I love mutt as my e-mail client;
I'll give reasons as I go along.
I think for expedient reading, reading from the top and
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010, Jim March wrote:
I need to know if anybody has encountered a WiFi router that
automatically creates an SSID consisting of myqwest
followed with no spaces by four numbers - seems to be
standard base 10 vs. hex or whatever. I need to
I have encountered such, but not
I do know qwest does use allot of 2wire devices. And i have seen the
myqwest said but have not observed it changeing
On Aug 26, 2010 10:39 AM, R P Herrold herr...@owlriver.com wrote:
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010, Jim March wrote:
I need to know if anybody has encountered a WiFi router tha...
I have
I know the default SSID for their PK5000 dsl router/modem is like that.
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:24, Jim March 1.jim.ma...@gmail.com wrote:
Folks,
This is both geek and election related.
I need to know if anybody has encountered a WiFi router that automatically
creates an SSID
JD Austin wrote:
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:06, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net
mailto:e...@shubes.net wrote:
Bryan O'Neal wrote:
As stated in a recent thread there seems to be a substantial lack of
decent windows admin groups. Particularly ones with the culture we
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 05:15:19PM -0700, Technomage_Hawke wrote:
on the linux related note: I am planning to install a speech/braille enabled
Linux OS to one of my machines soon. only problem, I have yet to find one
that has speech enabled from the boot up. any suggestions?
Yes, I use
I think it is due to file/group permissions on SME Server but haven't locked
it down yet (haven't turned server over to users yet thankfully). I had to
load the latest bleeding edge version (shudder) because 7.5.1 won't let
Windows 7 log into the domain.
It is currently giving this error on the
This is a very informative post, but I'd like to stress a few points.
Most discussions about switching from TiVO HD/3 to MythTV assume that
you care only about Over The Air (OTA - Antenna) channels and *basic*
cable channels. Typically, the only HD channels considered basic are
network channels
Yes, I have found the manual in HTML format that comes with the linux
postgresql package to be quite informative. If I remember right, I
think there are sections that explain some data modeling concepts. I
found some really good examples in there concerning inner and outer
join queries too.
On
Jim March wrote:
Folks,
This is both geek and election related.
I need to know if anybody has encountered a WiFi router that
automatically creates an SSID consisting of myqwest followed with no
spaces by four numbers - seems to be standard base 10 vs. hex or
whatever. I need to know if the
What are the permissions in your smb.conf file?
(check logon path and [Profiles] in particular)
JD Austin wrote:
I think it is due to file/group permissions on SME Server but haven't
locked it down yet (haven't turned server over to users yet thankfully).
I had to load the latest bleeding
The netlogon doesn't have permissions listed but profiles does; it seems the
group name of the directory was mostly the issue (root):
[Profiles]
path = /home/e-smith/files/samba/profiles
writeable = yes
browseable = no
create mask = 0600
directory mask = 0700
csc policy = disable
hide files =
Sounds like a dBus issue to me? Silly question, but are you connecting your
network via Network Manager? Firefox, I have seen, sometimes has trouble
connecting when ifup/down is used instead of NM.
Just a thought
Kevin
On Aug 26, 2010 10:16 AM, Clayton Stapleton clay4...@inbox.com wrote:
I have been watching this thread, but have not commented until now.
Has anyone tried XBMC as an alternative to Tivo?
Just curious
Kevin
On Aug 26, 2010 9:37 AM, j...@actionline.com wrote:
Thanks to all for very helpful suggestions ... especially to Brian Cluff
for an exceptionally thorough
Tuna replied to Ariel (in part - slightly edited):
I'd like to set up an install where the distro and a custom
screensaver and desktop are installed along with it.
I loudly make the utterance, meh at that idea. That's like
the vinyl stickers on digital cameras. People are afraid to
remove
On 08/26/2010 01:33 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote:
Tuna replied to Ariel (in part - slightly edited):
I'd like to set up an install where the distro and a custom
screensaver and desktop are installed along with it.
I loudly make the utterance, meh at that idea. That's like
the
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=meh
Please forgive my slowness to get your meaning in this reply.
What does meh mean? I've not seen or heard that term before.
Are you agreeing or disagreeing with Ariel's idea?
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On 08/26/2010 01:23 PM, Kevin Fries wrote:
I have been watching this thread, but have not commented until now.
Has anyone tried XBMC as an alternative to Tivo?
XBMC has no recording capability. There is work ongoing that will allow
XBMC to drive a MythTV back end.
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I tend to transcode everything just after it records to a higher
compression. That way my hi-def shows are taking more like 1.5 gigs per
hour rather than 10 gigs per hour. I do sacrifice a very small amount
of quality, but it's better than having a hand full of shows completely
eating up
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