Posts by Diginerd

Google dumps TV flop on UK

Google Quietly bought SageTV recently...

Which is "interesting" given what it's core is capable of.

At first glance it looks like yet another media center app, and a somewhat clunky ui.

Under the covers it's very nifty and flexible.

Think of it as all the best bits of XBMC (sage's default Ui is based on an xbmc theme, has the library functions, and very similar approach overall), MythTV (many front ends hanging from a backed), TiVO (intelligent recording / predictive recording if disk is free and nothing is explicitly scheduled), recording HDTV and streaming it to "clients" (1080i/720p), Place Shifting (thin clients on mobile devices to your own private system), and a whole bunch more.

sageTV is also very DVB friendly and multi lingual support is excellent thanks to a strong following outside us borders.

No idea wtf The Cf is planning on doing with it though as it's not very "Cloudy"

London rioters should 'loose all benefits'

Better idea.. Anyone want to start a counter petition?

Vengeance may sound good but only makes matters worse. The core problems are a lack of employment and respect for how cushy life in the UK is. No matter how squalid and impoverished.  A more creative approach would be sentencing rioting looters to MANDATORY employment. Community service with a twist- a few months / years helping to rebuild <insert name of country> after a recent war and atrocities (or natural disaster) will provide material overseas aid, and teach the lesson that helping others in greater need than yourself is better than mindless violence fueled by materialistic greed. Maybe a few would apply those lessons when they come home and contribute to society. Finally, it would make one hell of a deterrent with a low number of reoffenders... Free suntan or not.