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Or a completely new console.

- And in fact I don't bother to own a TV anymore at all.
Do you live in Chapel Hill?

"Producing content is an expensive and painful business. " No it is not.

http://twit.tv/

http://www.pioneerone.tv/

http://revision3.com/

http://www.theonion.com/ - they make a broadcast "news" show for almost nothing.

Also The daily show and colbert report were dirt cheap before both of them got greedy as hell. John Steward started that show making a GOOD wage but now hew is making an obscene wage.

The costs per episode tv show is complete bullshit and they know it. High quality TV can be made a LOT cheaper and is starting to surface. SciFi channel CLAIMED they were going to do that but they became retarded and only used SAG actors and that instantly drove the price through the roof. Sorry but Charlie Sheen is not worth 1/20th of what he got paid for that really low budget TV show that ended up having expenses that were on par with a TV show like Eureka that has real talent and the cost of prop building and EFX every episode. And the costs for EFX are coming down fast... IF I can make a convincing meteorite hit on my $350.00 computer using a $800.00 program... It's game over. http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/meteor_crash_3d_p1/

I am for paying a good actor a reasonable wage and covering his/her expenses... but getting 7 figures for a movie or a year in a TV series is bullshit. And it's not acting ability that they are paying for. Tom Cruise cant act.

The whole industry needs to be shaken up hard.

That's why I only go to websites with rainbow colors and flashing comic sans font for information. Also, these guys are doing everything right: http://www.theonion.com/articles/the-white-nation-will-never-resume-its-rightful-pl,20303/

Im just reposting this from elsewhere but .. as Shuttle program costs around $200M a month, this delay just cost NASA around $100M. Other people have built large companies for that money ..

...as soon as Obama's High Speed Bus Plan gets put into place!

Relevant.

CIA's 'Facebook' Program Dramatically Cut Agency's Costs

http://www.theonion.com/video/cias-facebook-program-dramatically-cut-agencys-cos,19753/

Must be this guy screwing with the launch times again. Jerk.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades,11056/

The educational system caters to students who try, care, are awake, etc. The Onion New Network has more.

I bet you don't have a TV, either.

"Yes, copyright laws can be complicated. It's often hard to tell if you are uploading something you created yourself or something someone else created." http://www.theonion.com/articles/youtube-educates-offenders-about-copyright,20075/

http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-etoilet-to-revolutionize-online-shitting,633/

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Imagine how bad they'll feel when they learn that the entire Greek Civilization never existed and they did all that hard work for nothing...

This has already been reported

I think this might explain his post. You see he isn't poor. http://www.theonion.com/articles/as-you-can-see-from-my-namebrand-clothing-i-am-not,10836/

Just like these guys:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades,11056/

FYI, for those that don't get the joke, this was mentioned on Onion.

http://www.theonion.com/video/more-american-workers-outsourcing-own-jobs-oversea,14329/

http://www.theonion.com/video/internet-archaeologists-find-ruins-of-friendster-c,14389/

Grow up? Can't there be *one* day a year that people don't have to take things seriously? One measly day?

Besides, you can always visit the mature news sources today, and read the immature and humorous news sources that take over the job the other 364 days of the year.

I thought they were both run by the CIA?

http://www.theonion.com/video/cias-facebook-program-dramatically-cut-agencys-cos,19753/

I see your xkcd and raise you an onion: http://www.theonion.com/articles/mars-rover-beginning-to-hate-mars,2072/

Hey, this is just the kind of idea Kim Jong-Un needs to match his dad!

http://www.theonion.com/articles/kim-jongun-privately-doubting-hes-crazy-enough-to,18374/

The FBI never could pull off black ops like the CIA.

http://www.theonion.com/video/cias-facebook-program-dramatically-cut-agencys-cos,19753/

That's because that Mieses guy has 10 outlets on every wall, each with a little display of what electricity would cost that second for whatever was plugged in there. His shower has three faucets and a lever that switches the hot water heater between gas lines. He can't be reached by phone unless you're lucky enough to know which phone line he's got his phone plugged into that day.

And he's That Guy who doesn't watch TV, so he doesn't give a damn about cable.

Clearly he knows a thing or two about not having natural monopolies.

I bet you don't even own a tv.

Obligatory onion news video: http://www.theonion.com/video/new-google-phone-service-whispers-targeted-ads-dir,17470/

You had to go to 7G, didn't you? I was skimming through the comments and making sure that nobody beat me to my joke, which involves 5G, and you ruined it by jumping the gun on numbers without even making the obligatory Onion reference. You know what? Fuck everything, I'm doing 190G. The 8th G lathers. You'll miss that one with your puny 7G.

Fuck everything - we're doing five blades. http://www.theonion.com/articles/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades,11056/

+1 - The Onion reference

Microsoft patented both the numbers zero and one back in 1998.

Bah! Only when they make a copy of the most perfect being Alyson Hannigan will their skills be proven!

BTW Japanese and Danish researchers, when you have proven your skills to replicate perfection.....I'd like a Season Two Willow with the "Vamp Willow" outfit? And I'll pay extra if you can program it to wake me with the "What's my name bitch?" routine, just the way to get a body going, along with having it have steaks ready when I get home. Thanks and let me know what you need for a deposit.

Just because you don't need a feature doesn't mean that's always the solution.

And of course, what's a Ninja Festival without the ever popular Ninja Parade?

We all know somebody like you. They made an Onion article more than a decade ago.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-constantly-mentioning-he-doesnt-own-a-tel,429/

http://www.theonion.com/articles/and-to-think-no-one-believed-a-website-that-puts-p,19193/

Raccoon

Oh, Michio Kaku is going to be talking about science in Firefly? Guh.

I wish Discovery would have the guts to rename the damn channel, for all the shit they care about the science on it.

As always, The Onion put it best: Science Channel Refuses To Dumb Down Science Any Further

If you think THAT will help the economy, we're gonna spring forward FIVE FUCKING HOURS. Just think of the unwarranted extrapolations!

Were you the guy interviewed in the "Area Dad Just Wants Computer With The Basics" story I just read? http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-dad-just-wants-computer-with-the-basics,19195/ Same site I read about the Apple laptop sans keyboard http://www.theonion.com/video/apple-introduces-revolutionary-new-laptop-with-no,14299/

Were you the guy interviewed in the "Area Dad Just Wants Computer With The Basics" story I just read? http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-dad-just-wants-computer-with-the-basics,19195/ Same site I read about the Apple laptop sans keyboard http://www.theonion.com/video/apple-introduces-revolutionary-new-laptop-with-no,14299/

I'm sorry, but your uninformed armchair interpretation is completely wrong on many levels. You can clearly see how by looking at the dozens of court cases, 25 years of law/case law, etc.

You just sound like this guy to those that actually are informed and understand: http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-passionate-defender-of-what-he-imagines-c,2849/

From the Onion.

Apple consumers are no more conditioned to buy shiny things than anybody else

 
ObOnion. I particularly like the ending "As of press time, 3.2 million loyal customers were lining up overnight outside of Apple stores across the country for the chance to buy the slick new abomination."

http://www.theonion.com/video/breaking-news-all-online-data-lost-after-internet,14148/

"An emergency meeting of Internet power players has been arranged. The group includes Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Craig of Craigslist."

Do you write for The Onion?

Your attitude is so typically right-wing. God forbid that a penny of your money should ever go to providing for someone else, even obliquely

Waitaminute, this isn't like healthcare where someone can be doing nothing stupid/risky and yet still be suddenly hit with a crippling bill -- and if the situation isn't addressed, there is real suffering. We're talking about voluntary behavior (I want to watch these movies) which also happens to be a luxury (living without this crap is very easy to the point that you don't even miss it). And the uses that we're talking about (streaming and torrenting) really do happen to be vastly less efficient (probably at least 3 magnitudes) than the previous technological status-quo (broadcast).

And on top of that, people are bitching about how much it costs, which I think makes the question of "what are we really paying for?" fair game.

Given all that, you really think this is a right/left thing? Am I to infer that the not-right-wing position is that someone who isn't torrenting or singlecast-streaming 24/7 should pay the same as someone who does?

Four cameras? Fuck everything, we're doing five cameras. http://www.theonion.com/articles/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades,11056/