Re: [Discuss] XBMC ported to Android

2012-07-16 Thread Laura Conrad
> "Tom" == Tom Metro writes: Tom> As it sits right now, XBMC doesn't run on Google TV. I tried Tom> running it on both the Logitech Revue and first generation Tom> Sony Internet TV. I got a refurb Logitech Revue a couple of months ago because I was tired of how much better

Re: [Discuss] XBMC ported to Android

2012-07-16 Thread Tom Metro
There Might Finally Be A Reason To Buy A Google TV http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/16/with-xbmc-ported-to-android-there-might-finally-be-a-reason-to-buy-a-google-tv/ ...with the launch of the famed Xbox Media Center on Android, Google might have a chance in the battle for living rooms. ... This

Re: [Discuss] encryption and rsync

2012-07-16 Thread Tom Metro
Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > Tom Metro wrote: >> So you're syncing the encrypted files in the source directory. That >> makes a lot more sense than using an encryption technology that just >> creates an opaque image file. > > I use whole-disk, and file containers, and encfs, all for different > purp

Re: [Discuss] encryption and rsync

2012-07-16 Thread Richard Pieri
On 7/16/2012 8:20 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: I suggested that to the rsync folks some years ago, and they said they didn't like the idea. I'm not surprised. rsync is a unilateral copy tool: make target look exactly like source. An out of band index is superfluous to this. > Do you know a

Re: [Discuss] encryption and rsync

2012-07-16 Thread Richard Pieri
On 7/16/2012 1:59 AM, Tom Metro wrote: So you're syncing the encrypted files in the source directory. That makes a lot more sense than using an encryption technology that just creates an opaque image file. Correct, at least for my needs. There is a 1:1 correspondence between native file syste

Re: [Discuss] astronomy suggestions?

2012-07-16 Thread Ricker, William
Local eastern mass astronomy group is ATMoB. They meet at Harvard monthly for talks and have star parties in the NW burbs at a no-headlights facility. MoS.org does some starparty events on their parking garage roof too. BU has open nights on their scope, and Clay Center sometimes has events in

Re: [Discuss] XBMC ported to Android

2012-07-16 Thread Ted Roche
On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > XBMC for Android announced > http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/13/3158413/xmbc-for-android-announced >From the xbmc.org website: "So what’s the catch? None… in time. Currently, for most devices only software decode of audio and video is hooked up.

Re: [Discuss] encryption and rsync

2012-07-16 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- > bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Tom Metro > > According to: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encfs > > Two directories are involved in mounting an EncFS filesystem: the > source directory, and the mountpoint. E

Re: [Discuss] Tired of unreliable external drives... recommendations?

2012-07-16 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: Bill Bogstad [mailto:bogs...@pobox.com] > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Edward Ned Harvey > wrote: > >... > > As an IT guy and Computer Engineer, and EE, working for CS/EE / chip > > companies, I encourage companies to stick with big name brands where > they've > > sold millions of t