Looks like it's available for ~$200 as well. That's still pretty pricey, but I bet the $2,500 is due to some weird pricing arbitrage or something, you see that with used books fairly regularly on Amazon.
The $2500 one is, if I'm not mistaken, a limited signed special edition (they only printed a couple of hundred copies). The $200 one is the regular edition.
(Disclaimer: I own one of the regular ones, and didn't pay $200 for it. But it's a large form factor hardback printed on high quality glossy paper -- full of breathtaking colour images -- so even if they reprint it, don't expect to see copies on sale for less than $50.)
That sounds a little more reasonable. Hopefully they do a reprint, I am a big fan of those large format coffee table style book, presuming it's about something interesting.
That's exactly the way I felt with "stuff", little things I collect saying to myself, "I'll need this some day". You know, a few old semi-functioning laptops, cable ends that I'm going to use (I swear!) on my next project, etc, etc.
I had a whole room filled with this crap, until I realized, when was the last time I actually used something from this stuff, whose sole reason for existence was for me to collect, to then someday use.
My answer was years - so I tossed it all a few months ago. You know how many times I've been working on a project and damned myself for throwing all of it out? Zero! Long story (sorry it's a slow day) short - sometimes you just gotta let go...
That's what my original thought was, but it didn't contribute anything to the discussion and wasn't really funny, or witty Given HNs population I had hoped you did author these tools. That you have so many votes is disheartening.
When it comes to investigating these sorts of thing, gray areas often pop up. Now, is fetching the payload yourself and hosting it for the world without the author's in this gray area? Probably not, definitely in the very light side of things if it is at all. It's not completely unworthy of thought and consideration however.
>wasn't really funny
Well, that's your opinion, and you are welcome to it. Do try not to be so puzzled that other people don't share your sense of humor though.
It would be trivial to find a directory. You would be left with a bunch of boxes with things in random places, and programs possibly looking for non existent dirs.
But for simple devices or server setups with few changes over time, it might be worth it as it would at least cause a little more work to hack in. I remember that it used to be encouraged to use non-standard paths for security's sake, but then it seemed like too much work for the reason you stated. But these days, with more automated attacks relying on standard paths, I don't think it is out of the question.
I bought the Roku a few months back. I don't have cable and wanted to watch a few shows here and there.It's pretty simple to use, but to me it doesn't feel like a parent proof device.
The UI is split up into "Channels" which are essentially different applications that grab video listings. The most popular one is netflix. It should be noted that you cannot browse netflix from the Roku (yet). Your instant queue is displayed on the top row, and then various other options are displayed below it. There are groups like "Recently Watched", "Critically Acclaimed Movies From The 80s", "Dark Documentaries", and then recommendations, one from netflix and a few others based on things you've just watched, and a search feature. All of these, except the instant queue, search and netflix recommendations appear to be random.
I have had one technical problem with the netflix channel. From what I can gather, when netflix goes down and you try to access the channel it can lock the channel up, making all videos you try to watch unavailable. The only solution was a factory reset.
There are some other good channels as well, MLB.tv, Nasa.tv (haven't had much success), Khan Academy, TED Talks, and a few others. There is a way to stream videos from your PC but it's a bit of a nightmare.
All in all, it's a great little device, and I'm happy with the purchase but it may be one of those "you get what you pay for" things, but I've never seen any of the other devices. If you need more help feel free to email.
Awesome.. that's just the kind of info I was looking for. From the looks of things, they're actively developing their software and plan on supporting Hulu+ as well. Probably gonna pull the trigger on this badboy then! One more question... does it have a bittorent client built in? I have a cinemaGo, which lacks netflix support unfortunately, but I has a built in bittorrent client which has come in very handy. Not a deal breaker I guess, but still would be sweet
No bittorrent. This thing pretty much just plays video from netflix or amazon. It didn't look too hackable at first inspection, but it didn't appear to be locked down, just undocumented.
Also - not trying to be spammy but see if this link gets you a lower price. Their promo graphic says you get "Rokus Lowest Price". It gives me a month of netflix, so don't use it unless it helps you out.
