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CableCARD In-Depth
Atvtg writes "Ars Technica has an excellent article on CableCARD, and where it's heading. After discussing the history of the
initiative and some of the technical details, they cover how CableCARD may meet its end shortly after the launch of 2.0 (the bi-directional spec) because of DCAS. The real
surprise, however, is that CableLabs, which controls the CableCARD spec, has to certify computers to use CableCARDs for DVRs and the like. Ars points out that the upshot of this is
that it will not be possible to build your own DVRs using CableCARDs. Will this kill the DIY market?"
Q: Why do blonds need grammar checkers?
A: So they don't confuse "wear" and "where".
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
>Yes, but until then you're still giving them $60/Mo...
/more/ necessary that the people be armed. Just because there are no militias anymore does not invalidate the wisdom of the founding fathers to have armed citizens as a counterbalance to tyranny. See Federalist 29.
f ed29.htm
I'm paying $50 a month now for broadband cable internet access. The fact that TV comes along with it is just a bonus. I don't (and won't) pay extra for pay-per-view, HDTV, or whatever other extra bells and whistles they want me to may extra for.
>What part of "a well regulated militia" do you not understand?
What part of "there has been no militia, as intended by the founding fathers, since at least 1903" do you not understand? The fact that the federal government has absorbed the state militias so that they now serve to augment, rather than counterbalance federal military power makes it even
http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/
Steve
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