Re: Netflix and Hulu [Was Re: Computer hardware for sale, cheap]
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:05 AM, Dan Jenkins d...@rastech.com wrote: http://www.netflix.com/BrowseSelection Use the Watch Instantly box in the lower left to limit to diskless content. FYI, the above only works if you are not logged in to a Netflix account. If you are logged in, it redirects to WiHome page. Choosing SciFi category, for example, shows 17 titles when not logged in. Logging in to Netflix, shows 167 titles under that genre. Ah. I specifically logged out to get that link, but didn't drill down to make sure it had the same number of titles. I confirm similar behavior here. Crud. Playing around, http://www.netflix.com/AllGenresList will get you all the titles, but won't filter for diskless content. Rather dumb of them -- especially since they expose that info via a publicly documented web API (that's how InstantWatcher.com works). -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: APT/dpkg system within a system (was: Ubuntu... downgrade?)
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Randy Edwards redwa...@golgotha.net wrote: Be warned that it would appear APT does not pass it's root directory setting on to dpkg. Please make sure you file a bug against that with Debian's reportbug command/package or via the Debian.org web site http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting. That should be addressed, doubly so with a release close to going stable. I am pretty sure I would be told the Debian equivalent of This behavior is by design. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: APT/dpkg system within a system
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:36 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com wrote: Depending on how many packages you pulled in from sid, you may actually be able to just downgrade them by specifying, e.g.: apt-get install $pkgname/lenny Well, it installed a few hundred packages (which I was expecting), including things like libc and Perl, and now all sorts of stuff is broken, so I'm not even gonna bother trying. I'm actually somewhat surprised the system is still usable at all. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Netflix and Hulu [Was Re: Computer hardware for sale, cheap]
Dan Jenkins d...@rastech.com writes: On 1/26/2011 11:07 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: Benjamin Scottdragonh...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Mark E. Mallettm...@mv.mv.com wrote: And interested in any other comments, of course, which is why I'm not replying off-list .. I canceled cable TV and watch all my TV via Netflix and Hulu now. I save $60+/month and have fewer commercials (none on Netflix). Is all your TV actually available on Netflix and Hulu? A friend of mine was showing me HuluPlus on his home TV, but when I look online I can't easily see a list of shows avaiable, without signing up for a one-week trial account. I kinda wish they would publish the lists of shows available before I subscribe to see if I want to subscribe. All I know is that SNL is available. TV = http://www.hulu.com/browse/tv Movies = http://www.hulu.com/browse/movies choose View as List in either case Okay, so it looks like NBC, ABC, and FOX are available, but CBS and AMC (for Mad Men) is not. -derek -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH warl...@mit.eduPGP key available ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
rc script running twice ???
Debian Linux (embedded), I'm in runlevel 2, and I'm seeing this when I run ps aux: root 496 0.0 1.9 2808 1232 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start root 498 0.0 0.8 2808 504 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start S40init_xuarts is a script of mine that I just put in /etc/init.d/ and linked from rc2.d. Why is it running twice? I've gone through the first page of possibilities from a google search, I'm hoping one of you can point out my obvious silly mistake, since I'm blanking. -- * Drew Van Zandt Artisan's Asylum Craft Lead, Electronics Robotics * ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: rc script running twice ???
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Drew Van Zandt drew.vanza...@gmail.comwrote: Debian Linux (embedded), I'm in runlevel 2, and I'm seeing this when I run ps aux: root 496 0.0 1.9 2808 1232 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start root 498 0.0 0.8 2808 504 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start S40init_xuarts is a script of mine that I just put in /etc/init.d/ and linked from rc2.d. Why is it running twice? I've gone through the first page of possibilities from a google search, I'm hoping one of you can point out my obvious silly mistake, since I'm blanking. Is 496 the parent of 498, or are they two distinct copies? If so, it's probably because it starts with #!/bin/sh. Typically your S* scripts should exec and background whatever service you're trying to start, not stay running once the system is loaded. Otherwise ps aux would be full of S* scripts. You might want to look at start-stop-daemon in Debian. - Kyle -- * Drew Van Zandt Artisan's Asylum Craft Lead, Electronics Robotics * ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: rc script running twice ???
Two distinct copies; when I run it from the command line, it backgrounds the services I'm trying to start, and works quite well. I do know that if one runs the script twice in parallel (e.g. start a second copy before the first finishes) that they both hang and never finish. (There are also two identical copies of one of the commands in the script in the process table, hung and waiting). Everything the script runs is run as a daemon. (They do need to be started in order, though hardware init for 8 UARTS implemented in an FPGA.) --DTVZ On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Kyle Smith askr...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Drew Van Zandt drew.vanza...@gmail.comwrote: Debian Linux (embedded), I'm in runlevel 2, and I'm seeing this when I run ps aux: root 496 0.0 1.9 2808 1232 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start root 498 0.0 0.8 2808 504 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start S40init_xuarts is a script of mine that I just put in /etc/init.d/ and linked from rc2.d. Why is it running twice? I've gone through the first page of possibilities from a google search, I'm hoping one of you can point out my obvious silly mistake, since I'm blanking. Is 496 the parent of 498, or are they two distinct copies? If so, it's probably because it starts with #!/bin/sh. Typically your S* scripts should exec and background whatever service you're trying to start, not stay running once the system is loaded. Otherwise ps aux would be full of S* scripts. You might want to look at start-stop-daemon in Debian. - Kyle ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: rc script running twice ???
Drew Van Zandt drew.vanza...@gmail.com writes: Debian Linux (embedded), I'm in runlevel 2, and I'm seeing this when I run ps aux: root 496 0.0 1.9 2808 1232 ttyS0 S+ 00:00 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/ rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start root 498 0.0 0.8 2808 504 ttyS0 S+ 00:00 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/ rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start S40init_xuarts is a script of mine that I just put in /etc/init.d/ and linked from rc2.d. Why is it running twice? Can you do this again, but with ps faux instead--to capture the process-hierarchy? -- Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: rc script running twice ???
I've never used the ps f view (yes, I know...how odd); handy. root 470 1.1 2.4 2992 1516 ttyS0Ss+ 00:00 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/init.d/rc 2 root 496 0.1 1.9 2808 1232 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /etc/rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start root 498 0.0 0.8 2808 504 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /etc/rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start root 500 0.1 0.9 1676 576 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 \_ sed s/ttyname=// root 502 0.0 0.4 1712 308 ?Ss 00:00 0:00 /usr/local/bin/xuartctl -d --speed=115200 --mode=7e1 -p 1 root 503 0.0 0.3 1720 244 ?Ss 00:00 0:00 /usr/local/bin/xuartctl -d --speed=115200 --mode=7e1 -p 1 Note the -d daemonizes xuartctl in the script below: ts7500:/etc/init.d# more init_xuarts.sh #!/bin/sh # Server for all first. xuartctl -d # Barcode ln -s -f `/usr/local/bin/xuartctl -d --speed=115200 --mode=7e1 -p 1 21 |sed s/ttyname=//` /dev/barcode # Copleys ln -s -f `/usr/local/bin/xuartctl -d --speed=9600 --mode=8n1 -p 2 21 |sed s/ttyname=//` /dev/copley # Watlows ln -s -f `/usr/local/bin/xuartctl -d --speed=38400 --mode=8n1 -p 5 21 |sed s/ttyname=//` /dev/watlow On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.comwrote: Drew Van Zandt drew.vanza...@gmail.com writes: Debian Linux (embedded), I'm in runlevel 2, and I'm seeing this when I run ps aux: root 496 0.0 1.9 2808 1232 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/ rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start root 498 0.0 0.8 2808 504 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/ rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start S40init_xuarts is a script of mine that I just put in /etc/init.d/ and linked from rc2.d. Why is it running twice? Can you do this again, but with ps faux instead--to capture the process-hierarchy? -- Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr. -- * Drew Van Zandt Cam # US2010035593 (M:Liam Hopkins R: Bastian Rotgeld A:Walton Shipley) *Artisan's Asylum Craft Lead, Electronics Robotics ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: rc script running twice ???
Drew Van Zandt writes: /etc/rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start root 498 0.0 0.8 2808 504 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /etc/rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start root 500 0.1 0.9 1676 576 ttyS0S+ 00:00 0:00 \_ sed s/ttyname=// . # Barcode ln -s -f `/usr/local/bin/xuartctl -d --speed=115200 --mode=7e1 -p 1 21 |sed s/ttyname=//` /dev/barcode # Copleys ln -s -f `/usr/local/bin/xuartctl -d --speed=9600 --mode=8n1 -p 2 21 |sed s/ttyname=//` /dev/copley # Watlows ln -s -f `/usr/local/bin/xuartctl -d --speed=38400 --mode=8n1 -p 5 21 |sed s/ttyname=//` /dev/watlow I think that your multiple S40init_xuarts entries in the process table are a result of the subshells that you are running via `backticks`. This is the behavior of the shell. Furthermore, since you are apparently seeing something hang here, I'll bet that one of your invocations of /usr/local/bin/xuartctl is hanging somehow. If it wasn't hanging, then you'd have a very difficult time seeing this in the process table. Regards, --kevin -- alumni.unh.edu!kdc / http://kdc-blog.blogspot.com/ GnuPG: D87F DAD6 0291 289C EB1E 781C 9BF8 A7D8 B280 F24E Wipe him down with gasoline 'til his arms are hard and mean From now on boys this iron boat's your home So heave away, boys. -- Tom Waits ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Computer hardware for sale, cheap
I pretty heavily use Netflix instant watch and my higher months barely break 200GB, but I think most of that is downloading media from alternative sources rather than Netflix itself because the ligher months where I'm not doing much alternative downloading (but my Netflix watching is about the same), I'm at or below the mid 100GB range. Granted, I'm watching 90% SD content using the Wii, but that's still 480p and that's just great for most TV shows. Probably averaging around 1-2 hours per day. - Chris On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Bruce Dawson j...@codemeta.com wrote: Just keep in mind Comcast's 250 GB cap, which we ran up against in November. Nearly got shut down until we bought another internet-only line (and modem) and divided our traffic between the two. Unfortunately, even with a 2nd line we still don't have enough bandwidth to do everything we want. I've never come anywhere near the cap myself. I've gotten up to 30 - 40 GB in a busy month, that's it. I suspect 500 GB/month is more than Comcast is really geared to sell. How much bandwidth does Netflix/Hulu/... consume? Just to get useful data, how much is, say, a typical Mythbuster's show and a 90 minute movie? I haven't seen official figures, but if it's anything like Tivo, a little less than 1 GB/hour for standard definition, and anywhere from 2 to 8 GB/hour for higher definition. With smart compression, it can vary quite a bit by nature of the program -- the more motion, the more bandwidth needed. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Computer hardware for sale, cheap
My response to any company which doesn't want to do business with me is to give them what they want. I don't need TV to survive. I don't need internet to survive either. :-D But we digress. Their lack of ability to stream live baseball games lies with the problems with broadcast TV exclusivity contracts. -- -- Thomas ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
