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Google makes it official: no porn apps for Chromecast

48 points by fpgeek 13y ago

fidotron 13y ago
It'll be interesting to see if they stick to this globally. The distinctly American prudishness regarding sex is almost a mirror image of large parts of the world with respect to cinematic violence. It's part of why you can be so sure these west coast companies will never monopolise the market in Germany, for example.
- leobelle 13y ago
  > "American prudishness" This is just name calling, and Americans get shit on for being culturally insensitive... Pornography is awful stuff. It exploits the way our minds work, and ruins peace and happiness. This isn't religiosity, I don't believe in the supernatural. It's just something I've come to learn as I've gotten older.
  - geetee 13y ago
    Close your eyes.
  - gtaylor 13y ago
    > Pornography is awful stuff. It exploits the way our minds work, and ruins peace and happiness. Is it OK for you to tell someone else what they are allowed to watch? That's the sticking point, and what is being done by Google (and so many others). You may not like porn, but there are a massive number that are OK with it. Is it right for you to impose your morals on others? Definitely don't take this as inflammatory, but I personally (as an American) don't want my morals and beliefs forced on others. I think a lot of problems could be solved if everyone gave this a shot. Different strokes, etc.
    - GnwbZHiU 13y ago
      be cool mate. "pornography is awful stuff" is a statement, it's allright to express what people have in mind. No one force you anything.
    - GnwbZHiU 13y ago
      On the other hand, you also can't impose Google (and others) to sell porn. you may like porn, but some sellers don't like it. so what's the problem?
      - gtaylor 13y ago
        Nobody is imposing porn selling on Google.
    - sdegutis 13y ago
      > I personally (as an American) don't want my morals and beliefs forced on others Impossible. At the end of the day, all laws and rules come from someone's morals and beliefs, regardless of who that is or what they've named those morals and beliefs.
      - sdegutis 13y ago
        I honestly can't even guess why someone downvoted that. Morals/beliefs are a fundamental part of human thinking. Whether it's named, whether it comes from a religion or just a person's own experience in life, it always exists in the brain. That's kind of a fact. So, pretty confused about the downvote right about now...
        gtaylor 13y ago
        Because it's a bit petty and flat out wrong. Many laws exist not for moral reasons, but to keep the whole system running. If we were allowed to murder one another without consequences, society would be vastly different. If we were allowed to cheat on our taxes without punishment, the system itself may collapse. While there are certainly buffoons legislating their morals on others, I think the greater chunk of modern legislation is corporate/profit driven rather than this pressing of morals you mentioned. There are, of course, exceptions, but I think your comments harped on only one motivator (of many) for legislation.
        sdegutis 13y ago
        > If we were allowed to murder one another without consequences, society would be vastly different There's an inherent belief that the difference in society would be bad. Is that true? Bad is pretty qualitative, so it comes down to a belief. > If we were allowed to cheat on our taxes without punishment, the system itself may collapse. There's an inherent belief that "the system" is a good thing, and that we don't want it to collapse. But again, this is a subjective belief, not universally held. Your comment is based on implicit beliefs of what is "best" for society (or even humanity) as a whole. I'm pretty sure you can't prove that your beliefs are "correct", because I'm sure most people would argue that subjective beliefs can't be correct or incorrect, they're just beliefs.
  - humbledrone 13y ago
    s/our minds/my own mind/ Unless you plan to cite some peer-reviewed research on that, you should probably not generalize to me and everyone else. If you find that porn is bad for you, by all means avoid it. But don't pretend that you know it's bad for other people too.
    - sremani 13y ago
      http://www.yourbrainonporn.com/cambridge-university-brain-scans-find-porn-addiction http://www.yourbrainonporn.com/cambridge-university-brain-sc...
    - tiredoflurking 13y ago
      The "Report of the Surgeon General's Workshop on Pornography and Public Health" in 1987 identifies a clear and present danger in pornography, among other studies.
  - girvo 13y ago
    You're more than welcome to think that, but I'm an adult, and you shouldn't get to decide what I can and can't see, anymore than I should be allowed to do the same to you.
  - sremani 13y ago
    The abrasive effects on Pornography on human brain for some strange reason does not get enough attention in the media. I like what Google and Apple are doing, at least there is a first line of defense.
  - yetanotherphd 13y ago
    Porn is wonderful and liberating. Booth babes are degrading and misogynistic.
- gtaylor 13y ago
  That prudish stereotype is a bit over-blown by a smaller (but louder) subset of Americans that really are prudish. I'm in the "bible belt" (southeast US), and even here there's plenty of people who don't get too up in arms about this kind of stuff. The internet has been the great equalizer for the younger generations. Smut, graphic video, violence, and all sorts of other things are only a keystroke away.
  - gtaylor 13y ago
    Also, there are plenty of non-US countries that now have legislated in filtering at the ISP level (which the US doesn't mandate on a federal level). This hasn't been updated since the UK adopted their silly filter, but here's a handy reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_Censorship_World_Map.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_Censorship_World_...
  - Ensorceled 13y ago
    It's not a "stereotype" when it's enforced with the full weight of the law in some cases and by self censorship in many others. If Google and Apple feel the need to restrict adult content to the level they do it's not really a stereotype; it's a real problem.
- mikeash 13y ago
  > The distinctly American prudishness regarding sex is almost a mirror image of large parts of the world with respect to cinematic violence. Don't American blockbusters, chock full of graphic violence, do quite well overseas in general? That seems to imply that the attitude towards cinematic violence is not the same at all.
  - nolok 13y ago
    > chock full of graphic violence In France we don't have any special opposition to either sex or graphic violence in movies (if you check the minimal age required for some movies on imdb, you might be surprised by the amount of movies we put at 12 years old when other countries do 16 or 18), and Hollywood movie have become "tame" enough that dubber (movies are dubbed in french) often add swearing to make it sounds more realistic ... Hell, even Die Hard turned PG-13.
yogo 13y ago
Yep because porn will bring the world to an end... unbelievable.
- pekk 13y ago
  Their concern is more likely that it will bring Chromecast to an end
  - yogo 13y ago
    Prohibiting porn is right up there with alcohol and other banned substances. People will always find a way to get it.
    - jhvh1134 13y ago
      I don't think that they are trying to ban it's existence all-together, just within chromecast.
smithzvk 13y ago
I guess this is kind of nice because I won't have to worry about people connecting to my <insert non-technologically adept person>'s open or poorly secured WiFi and start playing porn as a joke. But you can still stream a Chrome tab, so... maybe they are not really preventing anything except good audio sync.
mesozoic 13y ago
I guess they're going to disable using Chrome with Chromecast.
cowpewter 13y ago
"No nudity" is a lot more strict than just "no porn". Does that mean that, for example, you could not make a Flickr app that lets you slideshow your photostream on your TV because Flickr allows artistic nudity? Or could you, but you'd have to restrict it to only show photos that are marked as 'Safe' in the safety filter? What about similar sites that don't have multiple content safety categories?
- scarecrowbob 13y ago
  Or what if you had an app that guided folks through self-exams for testicular or breast cancer?
  - aestra 13y ago
    YouTube allows this type of nudity.
    - richforrester 13y ago
      Anecdotally, during last year's annual Christmas Monopoly game, my mother-in-law (who was out the game early) flashed us a YouTube movie of a lady getting her privates waxed, asking what the f was up with YouTube for allowing this. I must say it quite surprised me this type of content was allowed/condoned.
      - thret 13y ago
        Perhaps you'd also be surprised at how many girls injure themselves doing this by themselves, without instructional videos.
        richforrester 13y ago
        Nah, I believe that. I just expected Google would be a bit more anal about stuff like that. And if you'd ask me about my opinion; I feel fine about them hosting it.
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joesmo 13y ago
It's rules such as these (and all the other rules of app stores) that keep many developers from working with such limited platforms. Too bad Google doesn't focus on keeping malware out of its app store as much as it focuses on keeping porn out of it.
- cloudwalking 13y ago
  Sort of like the iOS App Store...?
  - joesmo 13y ago
    Yes. This is one area where I think having some rules in place can go a long way towards eliminating malware and extremely buggy software (sometimes, but better than nothing).
greenyoda 13y ago
Looks like Google just lost a large percentage of the entertainment market: - The large percentage of people who like porn, plus... - The smaller (but outspoken) percentage of people who don't like to be told what content they're allowed to watch on the devices that they've purchased. We'll see if the market segment they're trying to attract with this policy (families with children, if I had to guess) will make up for this loss.
- forrestthewoods 13y ago
  So... it's like iOS, YouTube, and countless other environments that enable User Generated Content?
- phenol 13y ago
  I seriously doubt the correlation between "liking porn" and "refusal to purchase a device that does not have official porn apps, especially considering I could stream porn from my phone or computer to my Chromecast just fine. In fact, if I'm being honest, I never install porn apps, even on devices that allow them, even if I intend on watching porn on them anyway.
  - protomyth 13y ago
    The old VHS vs BetaMax might be a study in the subject, but I'm not sure if it's relevant these days.
nsxwolf 13y ago
They don't care if you stream your own porn on it. They just don't want to sell/distribute porn themselves. There's a big difference that nobody seems to be getting.
- nacs 13y ago
  But.. if I can't purchase porn through Chromecast, where else would I ever find any?
hawkharris 13y ago
In related news, developers are welcome to cast shootings, stabbings, explosions and other gory images. Graphic violence seems to enjoy greater protection than nudity, both culturally and legally, in the U.S. For example, there's the variable obscenity standard, which shields children from sexual images but not images of extreme violence: http://www.communitydefense.org/cdcdocs/obscenityman/ch10.pdf http://www.communitydefense.org/cdcdocs/obscenityman/ch10.pd...
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- gtaylor 13y ago
  I wish software companies would stop trying to play moral police like this. It's so entirely subjective, and as you mentioned, moral standards vary wildly. But whatever. I'm sure this is going to keep kids from seeing "graphic" material, right? None of us ever went around our parents to see something we shouldn't have...
  - mikeash 13y ago
    It's especially strange on platforms that provide a full web browser. Apple won't let you sell a porn app on the App Store, but nothing stops you from using Safari to look at all the porn in the world. Chromecast lets you display arbitrary browser tabs, right? If so, same thing here. It seems that it's not so much trying to play moral police as just not wanting to be to blame. People know that a web browser is just a conduit and that the device maker isn't responsible for what you browse. People don't have the same attitude toward apps, even though there's nothing fundamentally different.
  - harshreality 13y ago
    I doubt Google cares about keeping people from seeing nudity or porn. They probably care a lot more about the legal consequences of distributing porn apps, and the market consequences if religions try to get everyone to boycott Chromecast because it's sinful.
mateo411 13y ago
http://bit.ly/1cPqDiE http://bit.ly/1cPqDiE
- deleted 13y ago
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ChuckMcM 13y ago
So what ever happened to Ubuntu TV ? There seems to be like half a dozen different "Chromecast like" sticks in the Chinese market [1], clearly building these things isn't too hard to master. So where is the open stick version? [1] http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/923540954/2013_Latest_High_Quality_Mini_Android.html http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/923540954/2013_Latest_High...
- girvo 13y ago
  Last time I spoke to some Canonical devs, it's still being worked on, with a target for 14.04 as an alpha I think. I'd love to have ARM Ubuntu-everything; ARM laptop, Ubuntu TV stick, Ubuntu phone that turns into a full desktop when plugged in... The tech is so nearly there. Sigh, one can dream :) EDIT: the main issue is ARMs lack of anything remotely similar to a BIOS. That's sort of changing, linux now has some stuff in the kernel to help target various ARM chipsets, but it's still difficult. Would be cool to see a kick starter for an ARM Ubuntu TV Stick -- I wonder what protocol would be best for "flinging" content to it?
  - ChuckMcM 13y ago
    I'm familiar with the BIOS issue, the devtree work is an interesting response to that. I wonder if they are waiting for 14.04 so that they can use Mir as the compositing platform. As for protocols, good question. I see the streaming protocols which work reasonably well, I keep hoping for something like the DisplayLink protocol over ethernet with say WPA2, basically "connect" have it show up as a frame buffer to your client. Then some software on the stick so that you could slide back and forth to different "screens" ala the Amiga with each one being connected to a different device. But that is just speculating on what might be possible.
    - girvo 13y ago
      Yeah devtree was what I was thinking of. And yes, Mir was the reason given to me, though these are just devs, not spokespeople for Canonical. Also, I just giggled, cause I just remembered we have "streaming" in X as is, from decades back... Though it's not quite the same thing I suppose!
tempodox 13y ago
What a bunch of hypocritical Presbyterian nuns. A 3-feet pile of dead bodies is OK on TV for 16-year olds, but people actually undressing before having sex is morally corrupting. I propose capital punishment for every U.S.-ian who was not born from a virgin.

48 points by fpgeek 13y ago

It'll be interesting to see if they stick to this globally. The distinctly American prudishness regarding sex is almost a mirror image of large parts of the world with respect to cinematic violence. It's part of why you can be so sure these west coast companies will never monopolise the market in Germany, for example.

leobelle 13y ago
> "American prudishness" This is just name calling, and Americans get shit on for being culturally insensitive... Pornography is awful stuff. It exploits the way our minds work, and ruins peace and happiness. This isn't religiosity, I don't believe in the supernatural. It's just something I've come to learn as I've gotten older.
- geetee 13y ago
  Close your eyes.
- gtaylor 13y ago
  > Pornography is awful stuff. It exploits the way our minds work, and ruins peace and happiness. Is it OK for you to tell someone else what they are allowed to watch? That's the sticking point, and what is being done by Google (and so many others). You may not like porn, but there are a massive number that are OK with it. Is it right for you to impose your morals on others? Definitely don't take this as inflammatory, but I personally (as an American) don't want my morals and beliefs forced on others. I think a lot of problems could be solved if everyone gave this a shot. Different strokes, etc.
  - GnwbZHiU 13y ago
    be cool mate. "pornography is awful stuff" is a statement, it's allright to express what people have in mind. No one force you anything.
  - GnwbZHiU 13y ago
    On the other hand, you also can't impose Google (and others) to sell porn. you may like porn, but some sellers don't like it. so what's the problem?
    - gtaylor 13y ago
      Nobody is imposing porn selling on Google.
  - sdegutis 13y ago
    > I personally (as an American) don't want my morals and beliefs forced on others Impossible. At the end of the day, all laws and rules come from someone's morals and beliefs, regardless of who that is or what they've named those morals and beliefs.
    - sdegutis 13y ago
      I honestly can't even guess why someone downvoted that. Morals/beliefs are a fundamental part of human thinking. Whether it's named, whether it comes from a religion or just a person's own experience in life, it always exists in the brain. That's kind of a fact. So, pretty confused about the downvote right about now...
      - gtaylor 13y ago
        Because it's a bit petty and flat out wrong. Many laws exist not for moral reasons, but to keep the whole system running. If we were allowed to murder one another without consequences, society would be vastly different. If we were allowed to cheat on our taxes without punishment, the system itself may collapse. While there are certainly buffoons legislating their morals on others, I think the greater chunk of modern legislation is corporate/profit driven rather than this pressing of morals you mentioned. There are, of course, exceptions, but I think your comments harped on only one motivator (of many) for legislation.
        sdegutis 13y ago
        > If we were allowed to murder one another without consequences, society would be vastly different There's an inherent belief that the difference in society would be bad. Is that true? Bad is pretty qualitative, so it comes down to a belief. > If we were allowed to cheat on our taxes without punishment, the system itself may collapse. There's an inherent belief that "the system" is a good thing, and that we don't want it to collapse. But again, this is a subjective belief, not universally held. Your comment is based on implicit beliefs of what is "best" for society (or even humanity) as a whole. I'm pretty sure you can't prove that your beliefs are "correct", because I'm sure most people would argue that subjective beliefs can't be correct or incorrect, they're just beliefs.
- humbledrone 13y ago
  s/our minds/my own mind/ Unless you plan to cite some peer-reviewed research on that, you should probably not generalize to me and everyone else. If you find that porn is bad for you, by all means avoid it. But don't pretend that you know it's bad for other people too.
  - sremani 13y ago
    http://www.yourbrainonporn.com/cambridge-university-brain-scans-find-porn-addiction http://www.yourbrainonporn.com/cambridge-university-brain-sc...
  - tiredoflurking 13y ago
    The "Report of the Surgeon General's Workshop on Pornography and Public Health" in 1987 identifies a clear and present danger in pornography, among other studies.
- girvo 13y ago
  You're more than welcome to think that, but I'm an adult, and you shouldn't get to decide what I can and can't see, anymore than I should be allowed to do the same to you.
- sremani 13y ago
  The abrasive effects on Pornography on human brain for some strange reason does not get enough attention in the media. I like what Google and Apple are doing, at least there is a first line of defense.
- yetanotherphd 13y ago
  Porn is wonderful and liberating. Booth babes are degrading and misogynistic.
gtaylor 13y ago
That prudish stereotype is a bit over-blown by a smaller (but louder) subset of Americans that really are prudish. I'm in the "bible belt" (southeast US), and even here there's plenty of people who don't get too up in arms about this kind of stuff. The internet has been the great equalizer for the younger generations. Smut, graphic video, violence, and all sorts of other things are only a keystroke away.
- gtaylor 13y ago
  Also, there are plenty of non-US countries that now have legislated in filtering at the ISP level (which the US doesn't mandate on a federal level). This hasn't been updated since the UK adopted their silly filter, but here's a handy reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_Censorship_World_Map.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_Censorship_World_...
- Ensorceled 13y ago
  It's not a "stereotype" when it's enforced with the full weight of the law in some cases and by self censorship in many others. If Google and Apple feel the need to restrict adult content to the level they do it's not really a stereotype; it's a real problem.
mikeash 13y ago
> The distinctly American prudishness regarding sex is almost a mirror image of large parts of the world with respect to cinematic violence. Don't American blockbusters, chock full of graphic violence, do quite well overseas in general? That seems to imply that the attitude towards cinematic violence is not the same at all.
- nolok 13y ago
  > chock full of graphic violence In France we don't have any special opposition to either sex or graphic violence in movies (if you check the minimal age required for some movies on imdb, you might be surprised by the amount of movies we put at 12 years old when other countries do 16 or 18), and Hollywood movie have become "tame" enough that dubber (movies are dubbed in french) often add swearing to make it sounds more realistic ... Hell, even Die Hard turned PG-13.

yogo 13y ago

Yep because porn will bring the world to an end... unbelievable.

pekk 13y ago
Their concern is more likely that it will bring Chromecast to an end
- yogo 13y ago
  Prohibiting porn is right up there with alcohol and other banned substances. People will always find a way to get it.
  - jhvh1134 13y ago
    I don't think that they are trying to ban it's existence all-together, just within chromecast.

smithzvk 13y ago

I guess this is kind of nice because I won't have to worry about people connecting to my <insert non-technologically adept person>'s open or poorly secured WiFi and start playing porn as a joke. But you can still stream a Chrome tab, so... maybe they are not really preventing anything except good audio sync.

mesozoic 13y ago

I guess they're going to disable using Chrome with Chromecast.

cowpewter 13y ago

"No nudity" is a lot more strict than just "no porn". Does that mean that, for example, you could not make a Flickr app that lets you slideshow your photostream on your TV because Flickr allows artistic nudity? Or could you, but you'd have to restrict it to only show photos that are marked as 'Safe' in the safety filter? What about similar sites that don't have multiple content safety categories?

scarecrowbob 13y ago
Or what if you had an app that guided folks through self-exams for testicular or breast cancer?
- aestra 13y ago
  YouTube allows this type of nudity.
  - richforrester 13y ago
    Anecdotally, during last year's annual Christmas Monopoly game, my mother-in-law (who was out the game early) flashed us a YouTube movie of a lady getting her privates waxed, asking what the f was up with YouTube for allowing this. I must say it quite surprised me this type of content was allowed/condoned.
    - thret 13y ago
      Perhaps you'd also be surprised at how many girls injure themselves doing this by themselves, without instructional videos.
      - richforrester 13y ago
        Nah, I believe that. I just expected Google would be a bit more anal about stuff like that. And if you'd ask me about my opinion; I feel fine about them hosting it.
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joesmo 13y ago

It's rules such as these (and all the other rules of app stores) that keep many developers from working with such limited platforms. Too bad Google doesn't focus on keeping malware out of its app store as much as it focuses on keeping porn out of it.

cloudwalking 13y ago
Sort of like the iOS App Store...?
- joesmo 13y ago
  Yes. This is one area where I think having some rules in place can go a long way towards eliminating malware and extremely buggy software (sometimes, but better than nothing).

greenyoda 13y ago

Looks like Google just lost a large percentage of the entertainment market: - The large percentage of people who like porn, plus... - The smaller (but outspoken) percentage of people who don't like to be told what content they're allowed to watch on the devices that they've purchased. We'll see if the market segment they're trying to attract with this policy (families with children, if I had to guess) will make up for this loss.

forrestthewoods 13y ago
So... it's like iOS, YouTube, and countless other environments that enable User Generated Content?
phenol 13y ago
I seriously doubt the correlation between "liking porn" and "refusal to purchase a device that does not have official porn apps, especially considering I could stream porn from my phone or computer to my Chromecast just fine. In fact, if I'm being honest, I never install porn apps, even on devices that allow them, even if I intend on watching porn on them anyway.
- protomyth 13y ago
  The old VHS vs BetaMax might be a study in the subject, but I'm not sure if it's relevant these days.

nsxwolf 13y ago

They don't care if you stream your own porn on it. They just don't want to sell/distribute porn themselves. There's a big difference that nobody seems to be getting.

nacs 13y ago
But.. if I can't purchase porn through Chromecast, where else would I ever find any?

hawkharris 13y ago

In related news, developers are welcome to cast shootings, stabbings, explosions and other gory images. Graphic violence seems to enjoy greater protection than nudity, both culturally and legally, in the U.S. For example, there's the variable obscenity standard, which shields children from sexual images but not images of extreme violence: http://www.communitydefense.org/cdcdocs/obscenityman/ch10.pdf http://www.communitydefense.org/cdcdocs/obscenityman/ch10.pd...

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gtaylor 13y ago
I wish software companies would stop trying to play moral police like this. It's so entirely subjective, and as you mentioned, moral standards vary wildly. But whatever. I'm sure this is going to keep kids from seeing "graphic" material, right? None of us ever went around our parents to see something we shouldn't have...
- mikeash 13y ago
  It's especially strange on platforms that provide a full web browser. Apple won't let you sell a porn app on the App Store, but nothing stops you from using Safari to look at all the porn in the world. Chromecast lets you display arbitrary browser tabs, right? If so, same thing here. It seems that it's not so much trying to play moral police as just not wanting to be to blame. People know that a web browser is just a conduit and that the device maker isn't responsible for what you browse. People don't have the same attitude toward apps, even though there's nothing fundamentally different.
- harshreality 13y ago
  I doubt Google cares about keeping people from seeing nudity or porn. They probably care a lot more about the legal consequences of distributing porn apps, and the market consequences if religions try to get everyone to boycott Chromecast because it's sinful.

mateo411 13y ago

http://bit.ly/1cPqDiE http://bit.ly/1cPqDiE

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ChuckMcM 13y ago

So what ever happened to Ubuntu TV ? There seems to be like half a dozen different "Chromecast like" sticks in the Chinese market [1], clearly building these things isn't too hard to master. So where is the open stick version? [1] http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/923540954/2013_Latest_High_Quality_Mini_Android.html http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/923540954/2013_Latest_High...

girvo 13y ago
Last time I spoke to some Canonical devs, it's still being worked on, with a target for 14.04 as an alpha I think. I'd love to have ARM Ubuntu-everything; ARM laptop, Ubuntu TV stick, Ubuntu phone that turns into a full desktop when plugged in... The tech is so nearly there. Sigh, one can dream :) EDIT: the main issue is ARMs lack of anything remotely similar to a BIOS. That's sort of changing, linux now has some stuff in the kernel to help target various ARM chipsets, but it's still difficult. Would be cool to see a kick starter for an ARM Ubuntu TV Stick -- I wonder what protocol would be best for "flinging" content to it?
- ChuckMcM 13y ago
  I'm familiar with the BIOS issue, the devtree work is an interesting response to that. I wonder if they are waiting for 14.04 so that they can use Mir as the compositing platform. As for protocols, good question. I see the streaming protocols which work reasonably well, I keep hoping for something like the DisplayLink protocol over ethernet with say WPA2, basically "connect" have it show up as a frame buffer to your client. Then some software on the stick so that you could slide back and forth to different "screens" ala the Amiga with each one being connected to a different device. But that is just speculating on what might be possible.
  - girvo 13y ago
    Yeah devtree was what I was thinking of. And yes, Mir was the reason given to me, though these are just devs, not spokespeople for Canonical. Also, I just giggled, cause I just remembered we have "streaming" in X as is, from decades back... Though it's not quite the same thing I suppose!

tempodox 13y ago

What a bunch of hypocritical Presbyterian nuns. A 3-feet pile of dead bodies is OK on TV for 16-year olds, but people actually undressing before having sex is morally corrupting. I propose capital punishment for every U.S.-ian who was not born from a virgin.