[mythtv-users] Why cant we make a STB?

[Brian Wood]

On Sunday 08 February 2009 21:07:05 jedi wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 04:10:37PM +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> > > On Sunday 08 February 2009 19:51:27 Nick Rout wrote:
> > >> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 12:36 PM, David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> wrote:
> > >> >   Crack open an ATM,
> > >> > for example, and you'll find standard PC parts inside.
> > >>
> > >> hmmm that kind of behaviour is frowned on in the courts where I
> > >> practise law :) _______________________________________________
> > >
> > > The science museum at Liberty State Park in New Jersey has a
> > > fully-functional ATM made of clear plastic, so you can see everything.
> > >
> > > It also doesn't charge a fee for withdrawing cash.
> >
> > They have an ATM in a science museum?
> >
> > Now THAT makes me feel old!!!
>
>      ATM machines have been around for rather a long time actually.
>
>      It's just a matter of the curators being interested.

It's a youth-oriented hands-on type museum, with a lot of exhibits that try 
and show kids how everyday things work. 

Very well done, actually, anyone who lives nearby should get there. Great 
place to take kids.

It's also a LOT less waiting to go to the Statue of Liberty via the ferries at 
LSP in NJ than to go from Battery Park in Manhattan.

But back OT, at least a little bit, I think that very soon there will be a lot 
of options available to build your own mini-frontend, so the market for 
an "appliance" may not be large, it will be spread over so wide a range of 
products that it will be too small to pay.
 
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beww
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