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The Napsterization of TV

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the its-only-a-matter-of-time dept.

Lefty writes "This article in today's Boston Globe talks about the napsterization of TV shows and how the PC as a media server is going to make it happen. Burning TV shows to CD/DVD, e-mailing your friends TV shows, streaming TV over the Internet -- all things the dedicated set-top boxes can't do... The article talks about Snapstream, a PVR competitor to Moxi and ReplayTV, that runs on the PC and has media server capabilities. from the article: "Already you can find a great deal of pirated video material online. If SnapStream gets installed on millions of PCs, there'll be plenty more. And the TV moguls will find themselves knee deep in the digital acid bath.""

15 of 376 comments (clear)

  1. frist ps0t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you guys are total losers. how do i keep beating you to the punch? us 2: cr 0

  2. fp by Captain+Peacock · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First regurgitated pig rectum.

  3. Commander Taco by SamBeckett · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Has never seen a taco before in his life. I think he is gay.

  4. Odd by October_30th · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I find it strange that you advocate your disgusting nazi agenda along with the green party.

    In Europe where I live the green party is associated with the left and extreme racial tolerance.

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    The owls are not what they seem
    1. Re:Odd by October_30th · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Oh yeah?

      Just look at what you're doing to your "freedom" on the pretext of war on terrorism. Have a nice day and bend over for Mr. Ashcroft.

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      The owls are not what they seem
  5. Someone should get medieval on your ass by October_30th · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    If there has ever been a case for assembling a Slashdot geek posse you're the perfect reason now.

    You and your page widening posts should be reason enough for Rob, contributing Slashdot posters and trolls to hunt you down and hang you high by your largest testicle and torture you to death by electricity and blowtorch.

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    The owls are not what they seem
  6. Re:Alan Thicke. DEAD by GoatTroll · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    All your base are belong to Jason Seaver.

  7. Rams Lose! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Patriot 0wn3d j00 R4ms.

  8. Re:Alan Thicke. DEAD by GoatTroll · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dear Crack-smoking Moderators,

    The parent post is not offtopic. The slashdot article is called the "Napsterization of TV." Alan Thicke is a television icon. Jason Seaver was Alan Thicke's TV name. Therefore, the parent post is on-topic.

    I'm glad this is cleared up. Thank you!

  9. The Green party line on this: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mars for Martians!

    As far as we're concerned, all you mehums can burn in the ovens! A. Hitler just decided to start with the Gnus.

  10. Re:I'm not definately PRO this idea... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Troll alert.

  11. IIEMY,IWKYA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As someone else pointed out in a previous post, you sir, are a tool of the Man .

    These page widening/lengthening posts are just a nefarious plot to drive people away from reading the 0 and -1 posts.
    Why would any moderators bother wading through this shite in order to find one good post to moderate up?
    They'd rather find some no-good-shit and dump on them.

  12. WTF?!!! Moderators' in the crack again! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How can a snide comment with a link to a report in a reputable scientific journal, on the adverse effects of television be "flamebait"?!!!

    sheesh, I thought slashdot was a haven of simpering psuedo "digerati" who would (score : -1, redundant) such sentiments, not freakin' Homer Simpson.

  13. Re:Who E-mails Movies? by DietFluffy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Your mom does. Just this past weekend, she email me a movie of her getting ass fucked by the Seattle Rams and getting finished off by a group jerk-circle with her being the main attraction. I was great until they started shitting in her mouth. Fucking slut.

    what the hell is wrong with you? moron.

  14. (s core: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Apparently you are a no-good-shit, mr. (score: 0) AC!

    HAHAHAHA&nbsp HOW&nbsp DO&nbsp YUO&nbsp LIEK&nbsp THEM&nbsp APPELS,&nbsp FELLOWS?!!!!