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1. Evolution vs. Creationism
  
  But still valid. Are we in a simulation? That would not be a "we", that would be a "me" and everything I experience is simulated for my benefit. I'll accept that technologically it may be possible at some future time, but fundamentally: why, and why me? It is a far simpler explanation that...
  Black Hole
  
  Post #8
  
  Jul 16, 2025
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
2. Evolution vs. Creationism
  
  For that kind of thing, I apply Occam's Razor.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #4
  
  Jul 15, 2025
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
3. Changing the HDD
  
  You'll need to search the forum (or wait for answers) what the largest usable size is and what the SATA interface speed requirements are.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #2
  
  Jul 15, 2025
  
  Forum: FOXSAT-HDR Freesat Recorder
4. Evolution vs. Creationism
  
  I've had a thought which has rocked my faith in atheism. We are well aware that creationists point at something complex like the eye, and declare that as proof of design. An evolutionists say that the eye evolved from just a light sensitive cell and subsequent random mutations by survival of...
  Black Hole
  
  Thread
  
  Jul 14, 2025
  
  Replies: 20
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
5. Stuck at START SYSTEM even with no hard disc
  
  It's encrypted whether HiDef or StDef, but it doesn't matter what the key is so long as the same key is used for decryption as encryption! The "scrambled" message is what you get trying to play a recording with the wrong key.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #31
  
  Jul 14, 2025
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
6. Enabling Folder or Recursive decrypt causes T2 to crash when processing is scheduled
  
  One of the early identified bugs. It's all listed in Things Every section 1.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #29
  
  Jul 14, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
7. Assume v. Presume
  
  Welcome to AvP!
  Black Hole
  
  Post #5,373
  
  Jul 14, 2025
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
8. Stuck at START SYSTEM even with no hard disc
  
  No. Encryption keys are not involved in live reception.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #29
  
  Jul 14, 2025
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
9. Assume v. Presume
  
  Yet another example of GenZ (or whatever) not caring about the distinction. I was in Wetherspoons for a pit-stop last week, and the young girl clearing tables commented that I was doing a crossword, saying she can never manage them. She said she couldn't think of the right word at the right...
  Black Hole
  
  Post #5,369
  
  Jul 14, 2025
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
10. Enabling Folder or Recursive decrypt causes T2 to crash when processing is scheduled
  
  1.02.20 is the earliest version compatible with the current HiDef audio format, but it won't play media beyond a 4GB limit. However, there could be reasons to continue using it if you value Audio Description (which I understand subsequent releases cocked up).
  Black Hole
  
  Post #22
  
  Jul 13, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
11. Enabling Folder or Recursive decrypt causes T2 to crash when processing is scheduled
  
  Interesting. You were running reasonably up-to-date CF despite it being on top of older Humax firmware. @prpr: do you think 3.13 vs 3.14 was the problem, or 1.02.20 vs 1.03.12?
  Black Hole
  
  Post #19
  
  Jul 13, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
12. Problem with PMs/DMs/Conversations (work-around)
  
  Since the 20/11/024 forum software update/upgrade (which, IIRC, renamed "conversations" to "direct messaging", even though "personal messaging" is the de-facto standard), there has been an unresolved bug. This was drawn to the attention of the Almighty by DM and in the forum upgrade thread, but...
  Black Hole
  
  Thread
  
  Jul 13, 2025
  
  Replies: 0
  
  Forum: Site/Forum Issues
13. Yesterdays Crypto Scammer
  
  This has been discussed. Despite the "oops" message, if you refresh the browser it shows the post has actually been added to the conversation. If worried it might not be, do a select-all, copy before performing the refresh (so you can then paste the content back in if it's lost). This fault...
  Black Hole
  
  Post #23
  
  Jul 13, 2025
  
  Forum: Site/Forum Issues
14. Enabling Folder or Recursive decrypt causes T2 to crash when processing is scheduled
  
  I don't know then. This is strange behaviour not seen before.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #6
  
  Jul 12, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
15. Enabling Folder or Recursive decrypt causes T2 to crash when processing is scheduled
  
  Be aware the box can occasionally (very occasionally) forget its key. Reboot sorts it. Anything you try to decrypt (including play) that was recorded before it forgot can't be accessed. Anything recorded while it forgot can't be accessed after you restore it.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #4
  
  Jul 11, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
16. Assume v. Presume
  
  It's how Space X refer to their in-flight failures, rather than admit it blew up. It's spin.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #5,356
  
  Jul 11, 2025
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
17. Assume v. Presume
  
  What's wrong with "evacuate"? It hardly matters where they are evacuating from. Disembarkation should refer to substantial (international) journeys, ie ship or plane, and perhaps Eurostar* would qualify. * Presuming Eurostar is running.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #5,350
  
  Jul 10, 2025
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
18. Assume v. Presume
  
  Most things you would alight from are in a transport situation, although I have been known to alight on an answer. I can't get on board with any of those (;)), they're American jargon for when they are trying to sound cleverer than they look. I mean, "momentarily" when they actually mean...
  Black Hole
  
  Post #5,349
  
  Jul 10, 2025
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
19. Assume v. Presume
  
  Are you not familiar with "alight" used in that context then? Or just commenting on its deprecation in modern usage (as part of the general dumbing down)?
  Black Hole
  
  Post #5,341
  
  Jul 10, 2025
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
20. Is it possible to trigger NASMount to mount a NAS when that NAS starts up?
  
  I was about to suggest that. Probably, using Notepad! @TW8: download Notepad++ and set "Unix line endings" in preferences (or whatever the setting is – you need it to output LF only). Alternatively, create your scripts directly on the Foxsat with a command-line editor (vi, nano). Or you...
  Black Hole
  
  Post #28
  
  Jul 9, 2025
  
  Forum: FOXSAT-HDR Customised Firmware

Evolution vs. Creationism

But still valid. Are we in a simulation? That would not be a "we", that would be a "me" and everything I experience is simulated for my benefit. I'll accept that technologically it may be possible at some future time, but fundamentally: why, and why me? It is a far simpler explanation that...
- Black Hole
- Post #8
- Jul 16, 2025
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Evolution vs. Creationism

For that kind of thing, I apply Occam's Razor.
- Black Hole
- Post #4
- Jul 15, 2025
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Changing the HDD

You'll need to search the forum (or wait for answers) what the largest usable size is and what the SATA interface speed requirements are.
- Black Hole
- Post #2
- Jul 15, 2025
- Forum: FOXSAT-HDR Freesat Recorder
Evolution vs. Creationism

I've had a thought which has rocked my faith in atheism. We are well aware that creationists point at something complex like the eye, and declare that as proof of design. An evolutionists say that the eye evolved from just a light sensitive cell and subsequent random mutations by survival of...
- Black Hole
- Thread
- Jul 14, 2025
- Replies: 20
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Stuck at START SYSTEM even with no hard disc

It's encrypted whether HiDef or StDef, but it doesn't matter what the key is so long as the same key is used for decryption as encryption! The "scrambled" message is what you get trying to play a recording with the wrong key.
- Black Hole
- Post #31
- Jul 14, 2025
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Enabling Folder or Recursive decrypt causes T2 to crash when processing is scheduled

One of the early identified bugs. It's all listed in Things Every section 1.
- Black Hole
- Post #29
- Jul 14, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Assume v. Presume

Welcome to AvP!
- Black Hole
- Post #5,373
- Jul 14, 2025
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Stuck at START SYSTEM even with no hard disc

No. Encryption keys are not involved in live reception.
- Black Hole
- Post #29
- Jul 14, 2025
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Assume v. Presume

Yet another example of GenZ (or whatever) not caring about the distinction. I was in Wetherspoons for a pit-stop last week, and the young girl clearing tables commented that I was doing a crossword, saying she can never manage them. She said she couldn't think of the right word at the right...
- Black Hole
- Post #5,369
- Jul 14, 2025
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Enabling Folder or Recursive decrypt causes T2 to crash when processing is scheduled

1.02.20 is the earliest version compatible with the current HiDef audio format, but it won't play media beyond a 4GB limit. However, there could be reasons to continue using it if you value Audio Description (which I understand subsequent releases cocked up).
- Black Hole
- Post #22
- Jul 13, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Enabling Folder or Recursive decrypt causes T2 to crash when processing is scheduled

Interesting. You were running reasonably up-to-date CF despite it being on top of older Humax firmware. @prpr: do you think 3.13 vs 3.14 was the problem, or 1.02.20 vs 1.03.12?
- Black Hole
- Post #19
- Jul 13, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Problem with PMs/DMs/Conversations (work-around)

Since the 20/11/024 forum software update/upgrade (which, IIRC, renamed "conversations" to "direct messaging", even though "personal messaging" is the de-facto standard), there has been an unresolved bug. This was drawn to the attention of the Almighty by DM and in the forum upgrade thread, but...
- Black Hole
- Thread
- Jul 13, 2025
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Site/Forum Issues
Yesterdays Crypto Scammer

This has been discussed. Despite the "oops" message, if you refresh the browser it shows the post has actually been added to the conversation. If worried it might not be, do a select-all, copy before performing the refresh (so you can then paste the content back in if it's lost). This fault...
- Black Hole
- Post #23
- Jul 13, 2025
- Forum: Site/Forum Issues
Enabling Folder or Recursive decrypt causes T2 to crash when processing is scheduled

I don't know then. This is strange behaviour not seen before.
- Black Hole
- Post #6
- Jul 12, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Enabling Folder or Recursive decrypt causes T2 to crash when processing is scheduled

Be aware the box can occasionally (very occasionally) forget its key. Reboot sorts it. Anything you try to decrypt (including play) that was recorded before it forgot can't be accessed. Anything recorded while it forgot can't be accessed after you restore it.
- Black Hole
- Post #4
- Jul 11, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Assume v. Presume

It's how Space X refer to their in-flight failures, rather than admit it blew up. It's spin.
- Black Hole
- Post #5,356
- Jul 11, 2025
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Assume v. Presume

What's wrong with "evacuate"? It hardly matters where they are evacuating from. Disembarkation should refer to substantial (international) journeys, ie ship or plane, and perhaps Eurostar* would qualify. * Presuming Eurostar is running.
- Black Hole
- Post #5,350
- Jul 10, 2025
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Assume v. Presume

Most things you would alight from are in a transport situation, although I have been known to alight on an answer. I can't get on board with any of those (;)), they're American jargon for when they are trying to sound cleverer than they look. I mean, "momentarily" when they actually mean...
- Black Hole
- Post #5,349
- Jul 10, 2025
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Assume v. Presume

Are you not familiar with "alight" used in that context then? Or just commenting on its deprecation in modern usage (as part of the general dumbing down)?
- Black Hole
- Post #5,341
- Jul 10, 2025
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Is it possible to trigger NASMount to mount a NAS when that NAS starts up?

I was about to suggest that. Probably, using Notepad! @TW8: download Notepad++ and set "Unix line endings" in preferences (or whatever the setting is – you need it to output LF only). Alternatively, create your scripts directly on the Foxsat with a command-line editor (vi, nano). Or you...
- Black Hole
- Post #28
- Jul 9, 2025
- Forum: FOXSAT-HDR Customised Firmware