[17:00] <JohnLea> ?
[17:02] <AlanBell> hi JohnLea
[17:02] <AlanBell> !
[17:51] <daker> what are the essentiel features on a TV ?
[17:54] <daker> AlanBell, mhall119 ?
[17:59] <AlanBell> hi daker
[17:59] <AlanBell> the #ubuntu-tv channel is probably a better place for that question
[18:00] <AlanBell> for me, watching TV is an essential feature of a TV
[18:00] <AlanBell> change channels and adjust volume
[18:05] <daker> ok thanks AlanBell
[18:12] <bwinton_> AlanBell: I wonder if channels are really an essential feature of a TV…
[18:12] <mhall119> bwinton_: s/channels/feeds/
[18:13] <mhall119> a channel is just a time-based feed of media
[18:13] <bwinton_> mhall119: Even then.  I might buy s/feeds/shows/
[18:13] <mhall119> bwinton_: a feed is an updating list of shows
[18:13] <bwinton_> It seems to me that the time-based part of TV is going away.  Slowly, ironically.  :)
[18:13] <mhall119> yes, i tis
[18:14] <bwinton_> mhall119: Okay, I'ld buy that definition.
[18:15] <mhall119> so you might have an NBC feed, and you also might have an "Alan Bell's favorite shows he's sharing with you" feed
[18:15] <mhall119> and also a "Firefly: the TV series" feed
[18:15] <bwinton_> mhall119: And then I would weep for the episodes that won't be produced.  :)
[18:16] <mhall119> bwinton_: that's the best part, the produces of Firefly can produce it, include their own advertising, and distrubute it without having to sell it to a cable company
[18:51]  * imnichol is away: I'm busy
[18:52]  * imnichol is back (gone 00:00:41)
[19:51] <AlanBell> imnichol: can you turn off the noisy away script please
[19:51] <imnichol> Yeah someone in ubuntu+1 already told me
[19:51] <imnichol> Sorry
[19:52] <AlanBell> no problem, thanks
[19:52] <imnichol> I plead ignorance of IRC ;)
[19:52] <imnichol> Which carries only a 10 year sentence
[19:55] <svwilliams> AlanBell, is that a default of some IRC clients?
[19:57] <svwilliams> I am also a IRC ignorant :-)
[20:10] <AlanBell> not sure svwilliams, it isn't a default of my client :)
[20:28] <svwilliams> it doesn't appear to be default in mine ... but I figured it could be