[mythtv-users] MythWeather in web interface

[Terrence Martin]

Chris Petersen wrote:

>> Doesn't it seem a bit silly to scrape web content to display in a web 
>> interface when you could just visit the site being scraped in the 
>> first place?
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> Which is why I had dropped my desires to dig into it.  However, it 
> makes sense IF the site being scraped is full of ads, is poorly laid 
> out, etc.  Frankly, I think mythweb's little weather graphics are much 
> better than the commercial sites'.  However, I do agree that it seems 
> silly.
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> -Chris
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What is silly is not one but two people flaming this guy for wanting to 
build a feature I personally would like to see.

I think it is the height of hypocrisy for someone to flame him for his 
idea while they are on the MythTV mail list. A mail list devoted to the 
usage of a system whose basic functionality can be had cheaper and more 
easily with commercial devices. By going with MythTV over the commercial 
alternatives you have shown that you value personal freedom and 
flexibility over allowing someone else to tell you how and when you will 
get your television programs and what software/hardware you have to use 
to do it.  Not only that you probably appreciate the intrinsic value in 
something you built yourself above what you can just pull out of a box. 
It is pretty bad  to see people criticize someone for doing what is 
pretty much exactly what they are doing using MythTV in the first place.

Adding MythWeather to MythWeb is completely inline with the spirit of 
MythTV and a good idea. If he wants to put in the effort to develop this 
that is great.

Terrence