Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-03 Thread jet
Last I knew, TiVo ran a customized Linux base OS, the source of most of which was publicly available. The recording app is proprietary, though, I think. modified linux kernel + some other bits for booting. Anything interesting is probably proprietary. sources available from

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-03 Thread jet
At 0:24 -0700 2002/06/02, Marc wrote: To be honest, the complaints about this are excessive. The problem isn't that the TiVo recorded a promotional show, it's that it recorded a show that has some semi-adult content in it and parental controls don't restrict promotional recordings. ...and they

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-03 Thread jet
At 0:24 -0700 2002/06/02, Marc wrote: To be honest, the complaints about this are excessive. The problem isn't that the TiVo recorded a promotional show, it's that it recorded a show that has some semi-adult content in it and parental controls don't restrict promotional recordings. ...and they

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-02 Thread Marc
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 10:39:52AM -0700, Steve Schear wrote: [This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?] To be honest, the complaints about

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-02 Thread Fearghas McKay
At 3:08 pm -0700 1/6/02, jet wrote: However, the show didn't take up any user space, but was stored in reserved system space that's kept around for use during software upgrades and whatnot. And adult material available to children before the watershed? And whilst the programme was being

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-02 Thread Fearghas McKay
At 10:39 am -0700 1/6/02, Steve Schear wrote: [This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?] There is a commercial Windows package that does the

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-02 Thread Ben Laurie
Steve Schear wrote: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders But viewers in the UK were surprised this week to find that the second episode of the little-known BBC sitcom Dossa and Joe had been recorded without their knowledge and added to the system's main menu screen. Hmmm. My Tivo didn't record

Re: CDR: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-02 Thread James B. DiGriz
Steve Schear wrote: [This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?] BBC hijacks TiVo recorders By Andrew Smith Posted: 24/05/2002 at 23:22

Re: CDR: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-02 Thread James B. DiGriz
Steve Schear wrote: [This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?] BBC hijacks TiVo recorders By Andrew Smith Posted: 24/05/2002 at 23:22

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-02 Thread Marc
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 10:39:52AM -0700, Steve Schear wrote: [This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?] To be honest, the complaints about

Re: CDR: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-02 Thread James B. DiGriz
Steve Schear wrote: [This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?] BBC hijacks TiVo recorders By Andrew Smith Posted: 24/05/2002 at 23:22

Re: CDR: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-02 Thread James B. DiGriz
Steve Schear wrote: [This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?] BBC hijacks TiVo recorders By Andrew Smith Posted: 24/05/2002 at 23:22

BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-01 Thread Steve Schear
[This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?] BBC hijacks TiVo recorders By Andrew Smith Posted: 24/05/2002 at 23:22 GMT Users of the TiVo

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-01 Thread jet
They were even more surprised to find that they won't be allowed to delete the programme for one week, and that more sponsored recordings are on the way. ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/25436.html However, the show didn't take up any user space, but was stored in reserved system

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-01 Thread Tim May
On Saturday, June 1, 2002, at 03:08 PM, jet wrote: They were even more surprised to find that they won't be allowed to delete the programme for one week, and that more sponsored recordings are on the way. ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/25436.html However, the show didn't

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-01 Thread Jim Choate
On Sat, 1 Jun 2002, Tim May wrote: your corporate bosses the Law of Unintended Consequences. I foresee Everything has unintended consequences, the Law is spin doctor bullshit. -- When I die, I would

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-01 Thread Jim Choate
On Sat, 1 Jun 2002, Tim May wrote: your corporate bosses the Law of Unintended Consequences. I foresee Everything has unintended consequences, the Law is spin doctor bullshit. -- When I die, I would

BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-01 Thread Steve Schear
[This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?] BBC hijacks TiVo recorders By Andrew Smith Posted: 24/05/2002 at 23:22 GMT Users of the TiVo

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-01 Thread jet
They were even more surprised to find that they won't be allowed to delete the programme for one week, and that more sponsored recordings are on the way. ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/25436.html However, the show didn't take up any user space, but was stored in reserved system

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-01 Thread Tim May
On Saturday, June 1, 2002, at 03:08 PM, jet wrote: They were even more surprised to find that they won't be allowed to delete the programme for one week, and that more sponsored recordings are on the way. ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/25436.html However, the show didn't