Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

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 the

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

>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 http://www.tivo.

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

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: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

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 rec

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

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

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 abou

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

>By the way, so far my Ultimate TV hasn't tried any such Big Brother tricks on me. >Though they may have their own corporate clowns looking for revenue enhancement. >Downloaded ads that play before every recorded show can be viewed. Schemes to disable >fast-forwarding through commercials. Bac

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

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

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. >> ... >> > > However, the sh

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

>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. >... > However, the show didn't take up any user space, but was stored in reserved syste