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Wives, girlfriends, kids are not devices. If you think they are, why don't you tell them that to their face.
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Really?? They aren't??? DAMMIT!
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Unlike you, my wife has a sense of humor (even if she is a device)
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Mine are, although my pet isn't - Spot is an endothermic quadruped carnivorous by nature.
Data.
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Using XMLTV^ (which scrapes TV listing sites and outputs a local XML file), one could conceivably write his own Tivo...
All I'm missing is a scriptable COM object to start/stop the videocapture hardware (I have a GeForce4 Ti).
Anyone have pointers?
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Might wanna check this out:
http://www.mythtv.org/[^]
Shog9
The Man.
The Legend.
The Bored, Narcissistic, Whiteboard-marker Sniffing Programmer.
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Thanks, but I already knew about MythTV...I think there's a link somewhere off the main XMLTV page.
The reasons it's no good for me:
- Linux
- Obviously, no scriptable COM object.
I already have the scheduling stuff working...I just need video-capture functionality wrapped in a scriptable object.
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really all the above options are acceptable
when i am return back, my car will sense my approach and that automatically opens the door and gathering what i really want to do next according to my mood.. suppose if i am in a mood to drink that will direct me in to a nearest Beer parlour and and that Refigerator in that parlour will recognise my fav brand and treats me.and when i am drunken my car will safely drives me to my home and my home security system will open the door for me and the TV will tune the channel according to my mood..and the security system will close all the doors and make sure that everything is ok.. and the central monitoring will power off/ manage the air and heat in the room according to my body heat..
hihi how z this system?
~CodeTheDreams~
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What do you do when your life has an access violation ?
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
What do you do when your life has an access violation?
Just analyse the code and findout the BUG.KILL HIM(No Mercy )
and make a New record in mind database, inorder to never repeat that..
(You Know . . Life is not carelessly Programmed)
~CodeTheDreams~
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of these. They should be preprogrammed and do whatever they are supposed to do. Technology doesn't always help us. I baught a fancy vacuum cleaner not long ago, it didn't actually require programming (just looked different and much cooler). I managed to break it just after the return-grace-period ended. There goes my $300.
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Anonymous wrote:
I managed to break it just after the return-grace-period ended.
What took so long?
... you keep forgetting that sheep shagging is not a crime in Australia ...Paul Watson, The Lounge
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Andreas Saurwein wrote:
What took so long?
Lack of housework, or a female to do it?
Roger Allen
Sonork 100.10016
Were you different as a kid? Did you ever say "Ooohhh, shiny red" even once? - Paul Watson 11-February-2003
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i want to program a car to drive for me when im drunk
- Roman -
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That invention already exists. It is called "Taxi".
A less expensive but less luxurious option is called "Bus".
You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.
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lol !!
todo....
:: insert inpirational text here ::
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Bring a telephony developer, I already have the ability to program my phone system at home and it is nicely linked into my computer.
But what I would really like to do is link my phone into my TV. I'd love to be able to pop-up the callers name on the bottom of the TV screen when the phone rings. I would then know whether I really had to get up off my ass and answer it.
Whilst my Sky + (Tivo alike) system gives me wonderful control over when and what I watch. I'd love to be able to hook it into my computer, to give me a nice archiving system.
Michael
Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman.
All the world's waiting for you,
and the power you possess.
In your satin tights,
Fighting for your rights
And the old Red, White and Blue.
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Michael P Butler wrote:
I'd love to be able to pop-up the callers name on the bottom of the TV screen when the phone rings. I would then know whether I really had to get up off my ass and answer it.
My directtv receiver does that.
John
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Babelfishism, but funny.
Nur wer feige ist tötet Liebe durch das Wort allein [sighist] | [Agile Programming] [doxygen] If you look for evil in me you will find it whether it's there or not.
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peterchen wrote:
Babelfishism, but funny.
Ganz genau.
--
"And God said, Let us make man in our image"
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peterchen wrote:
but funny.
I thought so.
Regardz
Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
I'm guessing the concept of a 2 hour movie showing two guys eating a meal and talking struck them as 'foreign'
Rob Manderson wrote:
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What if I can't make up my mind?
If all of the listed appliances were hackable, I'd surely hack any of them but my vehicles - be it my Cessna or my Maserati. Why? I value my life more than to tinker with the ignition control systems of them.
- If I get sour milk I at best kill someone.
- If I get burnt toast, I eat something else.
- If I get a dead phone line, I don't have to talk to anyone.
- If my TV goes black, I do some hacking instead.
- If my Tivo blows up, I send it to a friend in the USA that can press charges for umphteen billions against them for selling "dangerous equipment". Maybe I could even sue the USA for shipping such terrorist materials overseas?
But if my car blows, my plane crashes or my boat sink, due to a malfunctioning engine program, i die...
Sure, some of you might not consider that a loss (hell, even I would consider it an improvement), but still.
Put it this way: If you were in need of a life support system (let's say a pacemaker). Even if you had the option to tinker with it, would you?
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Chris Richardson wrote:
Fridge.BringMeABeer() ...
A friend of mine had programmed a biological canine agent to do this for him. It was also of use for clearing up after parties as well.
Regardz
Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
I'm guessing the concept of a 2 hour movie showing two guys eating a meal and talking struck them as 'foreign'
Rob Manderson wrote:
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I've heard of that, but if you're not careful, it can throw some nasty exceptions on the floor.
You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.
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