FRIAM was good training
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I owe at least a part of the polished ranty tone of my latest Linux Journal blog post to the long hours of practice sessions on FRIAM.
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We've only been providing beta testing?
On Apr 30, 2010, at 2:42 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote: I owe at least a part of the polished ranty tone of my latest Linux Journal blog post to the long hours of practice sessions on FRIAM. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
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More like pre-production.
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Pamela McCorduck <[hidden email]> wrote:
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Do you lash up a computer to the TV (MythTV etc)? Or just watch on a computer screen?
I totally agree that the InterTube is getting closer and closer to a reality. We've used both NetFlix and Amazon for old TV series and movies and prefer it to other stunts. We play through a TiVo typically, the downloads work to it. But because of the constant wars between media providers, equipment manufacturers, cable/dish etc .. with the poor consumer left in the middle, and generally left out in terms of quality service, I'm thinking our next TiVo/CableTV will be the internet. -- Owen On Apr 30, 2010, at 12:47 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote: More like pre-production. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
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Nope, like it said in the article (there *will* be a quiz afterwards), I dropped DISH a year ago. No network, cable, satellite, nor any other kind of TV service in this house. Except for the InterTubes, that is. We have Netflix + streaming, although the streaming quality is not even quite 480p, so I usually just rent a DVD or Blu-Ray. It seems like every time I turn around there's another good on-line site for streaming content, too.
My only gripe is that you can't find *all* TV content on line, in part due to (assumption here) Microsoft pressures to exclude Linux users, and in part due to the fact that traditional television content providers have not yet grasped the fact that the internet is the new delivery mechanism.
--Doug PS: Thanks for leaving the comment on Linux Journal as well, Owen!
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote:
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Nope, like it said in the article (there *will* be a quiz afterwards), I dropped DISH a year ago. ...
You're welcome, I think we all should, to help your rants get a good start! We can even ask dumb questions! -- Owen On Apr 30, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote: Nope, like it said in the article (there *will* be a quiz afterwards), I dropped DISH a year ago. No network, cable, satellite, nor any other kind of TV service in this house. Except for the InterTubes, that is. We have Netflix + streaming, although the streaming quality is not even quite 480p, so I usually just rent a DVD or Blu-Ray. It seems like every time I turn around there's another good on-line site for streaming content, too. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
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Ah, my error.
The answer is both: I built a Linux-based home entertainment center with a nice bright 47" LED flat panel Samsung TV (used only as a display), and an 800W amp with a pair of wonderful old Celestion 9 speakers.
It's also nice for listening to streaming music content, like RadioParadise.com and my large digitized music collection. I also watch Hulu on my desktop & laptop.
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote:
-- Doug Roberts [hidden email] [hidden email] 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
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