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Comment Re:Where's the sustainable competitive advantage? (Score 2) 34

by castanaveras on Friday February 18, 2022 @12:08AM (#62278827) Attached to: Roku Mulls Building Its Own Smart TVs

There's a Plex app for Roku so you can access your own rips if you run your own Plex server.

Comment Re:No thanks (Score 1) 34

by castanaveras on Friday February 18, 2022 @12:00AM (#62278809) Attached to: Roku Mulls Building Its Own Smart TVs

The problem (well, a problem) is that those dumb displays are pretty expensive. I looked for one the last time I replaced my TV and ended up just getting a regular one and ignoring its software in favor of plugging in a Roku and an Apple TV.

Comment Re:RAID != Backup (Score 1) 803

by castanaveras on Wednesday October 22, 2008 @02:43PM (#25472181) Attached to: Why RAID 5 Stops Working In 2009

Then you have 4 RAIDs competing for the spindles. That is going to _suck_ performance wise.

Feed The science of New Orleans: getting out of town alive (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @06:12PM

Blog: Engineer studying evacuation plans using computer modelling.

Submission + - super traffic wardens issued CCTV head cameras

Submitted by Rick on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @06:10PM

Rick writes: The Surveillance Society of Great Britain has taken another turn for the worse, as traffic wardens in Eccles, Manchester are being issued with CCTV head sets and given the legal power to impose fines of up to £80 for littering and other anti social behaviour. For further information, please check out the URL given below: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1007 /1007600_super_wardens_go_on_patrol.html

Journal Journal: 8th Libre Software Meeting in Amiens (France)

Journal by CamilleM on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @06:03PM

The 8th Libre Software Meeting (Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel Libre) will take place in Amiens (France) from the 10th to the 14th of July 2007. The RMLL offer an impressive number of free conferences (about 300) on a wide range of topics (from system administration to public sector software), featuring world famous speakers like Alan Cox.

Slingbox Comes to the Mac 76

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @06:02PM from the slung-like-a-cable-box dept.

Egadfly writes "The Slingbox has arrived for the Mac world. Some long delays during development now seem over. Sling Media has finally released version 1.0 of their software for Mac OSX. This means that, after buying and installing the Slingbox, Mac users can 'sling' their home cable and satellite signals to themselves at the airport, or in a café hotspot, or over their office computers. The article on SlingCommunity.com gives the details of the software's development — from last year's much-discussed beta to today's v1.0. Screenshots show how a standard-looking "TV remote," displayed onscreen, allows the Mac users to change channels or browse Tivo recordings over the Internet, many miles from their living rooms."

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