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tommyrot - May 05, 2005 12:54:33 pm PDT #2748 of 10003

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Thanks, Tom.

But on further research on the internets, it seems I can't construct the test string on-the-fly, so some other solution not involving concatenation of this type may be required.

Going home now....

eta: I am an idiot. At first I thought it would be something simple like:

<xsl:when test="@n = $parSelected">

but that didn't work. Turns out I was passing the wrong variable into $parSelected. I wasted three hours yesterday because of this. OTOH, it's nice how a night's sleep can improve one's perspective.

tommyrot - May 06, 2005 9:42:11 am PDT #2749 of 10003

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Court Nixes 'Broadcast Flag'

WASHINGTON -- In a blow to the entertainment industry, a federal appeals court on Friday found that federal regulators overstepped their authority by requiring consumer-electronics manufacturers to help restrict digital home recording.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed a Federal Communications Commission order requiring that makers of consumer-electronics devices capable of receiving broadcast digital TV signals recognize a "broadcast flag," which is code that allows content owners to place limits on redistribution of digital content streams. The rule was to apply to devices manufactured on or after July 1, 2005.

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How 'bout that?

Jessica - May 06, 2005 9:44:16 am PDT #2750 of 10003

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Go team activist judges! Stick it to the man!

Jon B. - May 06, 2005 11:12:57 am PDT #2751 of 10003

A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Damn those activist judges! Making laws instead of interpre.... Oh, wait.... It was the FCC that was making a law outside its authority, not the judges.

DXMachina - May 06, 2005 11:16:17 am PDT #2752 of 10003

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I guess the FCC's next move will be to cancel HDTV, just in case someone might attach a VCR to their set.

Jessica - May 06, 2005 11:23:48 am PDT #2753 of 10003

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Attn, Tiger/Tivo users!

"Now Playing" Widget

Enter your TiVo IP and MAK and it will get the listing from your TiVo. Hover over the Episode/Description for longer info.

tommyrot - May 06, 2005 11:25:41 am PDT #2754 of 10003

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

OK, now that is an example of technology being used for the betterment of mankind.

Time for me to get a network thingie for my TiVo....

§ ita § - May 06, 2005 11:29:28 am PDT #2755 of 10003

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Oh! I'm downloading that widget as soon as I get home!

Now, if you could make the entire Powerbook a remote for the TiVo, I might die happy.

tommyrot - May 06, 2005 11:32:25 am PDT #2756 of 10003

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

TV Tracker widget

Nothing to do with TiVo - just a TV schedule.

eta: Also, has anyone used the Yahoo traffic widget? Mine won't refresh.

Tom Scola - May 06, 2005 11:34:50 am PDT #2757 of 10003

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

The TV Tracker widget was pretty lame (and slow, too). It needs a few more revisions before it will be useful.

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