[NTLUG:Discuss] best article in a while

[terry]

Jack Snodgrass wrote:

>>>XFree86 allows you to have multiple monitors, so you can watch a
>>>recorded tv show on one monitor while doing computer stuff on the other.
>>>
>>>webvcrplus (http://sourceforge.net/projects/webvcrplus) offers a nice
>>>set of php scripts that lets you easily manage your recording of tv
>>>shows.  Since setting it up, my kids and I have started to watch "This
>>>Week in Baseball" -- something I hadn't done in almost 30 years.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>Looks like I've been missing out.  Never had the pleasure of doing any
>>of that stuff.  Closest I've come has been with my brother-in-law's
>>Tevo, which is pretty cool, and I wouldn't mind having one, but haven't
>>gotten around to it.  I still think I'd just buy the Tevo and use it
>>with my TV.
>>    
>>
>
>I CAN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE!!! IT'S TiVo... not Tevo.
>There... I feel better.
>

Sorry... TiVo,  TiVo, TiVo.  Okay, I think I've got it now.  :)

>
>   While I'm here.... I'd just like to say that both
>my children ( under 6 ) and my wife ( under 40 ) can
>operate our TiVo. They can fast forward, rewind,
>mark as "keep and don't erase", etc. Try to have your
>3 year old do that on Freevo or whatever. ;)
>
>   TiVo's were designed for the non-computer user. You
>can pull the plug on your 200Gig TiVo, power it back on
>and be back in business in 3 minutes. No fsck or whatever.
>
>jack
>
>
>  
>
How do you know it doesn't do fsck?


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