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Jessica - Apr 01, 2009 3:44:54 am PDT #9577 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Megan, a Tivo will work without a subscription. You won't be able to set up season passes, but you can manually schedule recordings.

There's also MythTV, but I'm not sure how plug-n-play they are. (Didn't Gud build one a while back? He would probably know better than me.)

Gudanov - Apr 01, 2009 4:55:26 am PDT #9578 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

With MythTV you still need a subscription to get listing data. It runs $20/year.

MythTV is pretty far from plug and play and can get pretty complicated unless you have over-the-air, analog cable or unencrypted digital cable/satellite. It's a fantastic system if you have an old computer laying around and are willing to do the fiddling, but it's not for someone who just wants to plug it in and have things work.

tommyrot - Apr 01, 2009 5:04:42 am PDT #9579 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Any news on that worm thing?

Vortex - Apr 01, 2009 5:38:52 am PDT #9580 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I ran the test last night and shut down my home computer. Just to be safe.

amych - Apr 01, 2009 5:47:59 am PDT #9581 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Any news on that worm thing?

Conficker activation passes quietly but threat isn't over. Apparently, it did activate (wasn't a hoax), but hasn't actually done anything yet; people are advised to keep on worm-hunting.

sumi - Apr 01, 2009 5:59:13 am PDT #9582 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!

What is the test for that worm?

My university shut down the dial-up modem part of their system yesterday. (Which means I cannot connect from home 'til it's back up.)

Vortex - Apr 01, 2009 6:00:59 am PDT #9583 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Try here, Sumi [link]

tommyrot - Apr 01, 2009 6:40:29 am PDT #9584 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Huh. It was five years ago today....

April 1, 2004: Gmail Hits Webmail G-Spot

tommyrot - Apr 01, 2009 6:46:15 am PDT #9585 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Freaking Huge URL Lengthens Too-Short Links

Heh.

megan walker - Apr 01, 2009 7:13:47 am PDT #9586 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Megan, a Tivo will work without a subscription. You won't be able to set up season passes, but you can manually schedule recordings.

Yeah, but TiVos are relatively expensive. I have to get a DVD player anyway. I don't get why there isn't a DVD/DVR that you can just set like a VCR.

This is what annoys me about "progress". You used to be able to get TV free. You used to be able to buy something fairly cheap that was easy to set and record. I have specific things I watch, I know what and when they are. I don't need it to be automatic.

Of course, since I'm not sure I can really justify spending $1000 a year for TV and internet, this may all be moot anyway.

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