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Gates Proclaims Internet to Revolutionize TV in 5 Years

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the for-some-of-us-it-already-has dept.

adamlazz writes "With an explosion of online video content on sites like YouTube and Google Video, Bill Gates believes that the Internet will revoloutionize the television within the next 5 years. 'I'm stunned how people aren't seeing that with TV, in five years from now, people will laugh at what we've had,' Gates told business leaders and politicians at the World Economic Forum. "

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  1. Oh, just what I needed... by Mikachu · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...the blue screen of death on my TV set.

    1. Re:Oh, just what I needed... by littlem · · Score: 5, Funny

      640 channels ought to be enough for anyone...

    2. Re:Oh, just what I needed... by egyptiankarim · · Score: 5, Funny

      Bill Gates makes a lot of proclamations, and personally I refuse to take anything he says seriously until I get that $100 dollars he promised to give me for sending out that Email to ten of my friends... :P

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    3. Re:Oh, just what I needed... by Kjella · · Score: 4, Funny

      So, how many times did you try it before you found out that Bill Gates was pulling your leg?

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  2. TV? Pffft. by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Television is just a passing fad... : p

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    This guy's the limit!
    1. Re:TV? Pffft. by slashbob22 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Radio... Now that's a solid investment!

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  3. Genius by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bill is leading the charge again. Where does his vision come from? It's like he can see things that nobody else can. It's lucky thing that google and youtube have him to thank - again.

  4. Odd.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Those of us who use bittorrent are laughing at TV right now.

  5. Future Shock by AlHunt · · Score: 2, Funny

    'I'm stunned how people aren't seeing that with TV, in five years from now, people will laugh at what we've had,' Gates told business leaders and politicians at the World Economic Forum. "
    Coupe that with this quote:

    There never was a chip, it is said, that Bill Gates couldn't slow down with a new batch of features.
    * James Coates, The Chicago Tribune
    And the future of TV as we know it is bleak indeed.
    Your TV will have to be manufactured by Cray.

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  6. What would you want to watch today? by dgr73 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "and the Oscar for best picture goes to.." *BZZZTTTTT* -Your TV is not up to date. Would you like to update now? NO! -Would you like to be reminded to update later? Yes yes.. -Your Antivirus is not turned on, would you like to switch on your ant.. NO! GOD! -You have unwatched channels in your TV, click here to have unwatched channels removed from your channel listing OH FOR CHRISSAKE! *Enter crappy looking paperclip* -Hi, i'm TVBuddy! I see you've stopped viewing your program to do maintenance, so I took the liberty of saving the place for you. To continue viewing where you left off, press CTRL+WIN+TV+7+D, to just view in realtime press TV, to go off on a wild goose chase, click HELP. Finally some good news, yes! CTRL+WIN..... -TVKRNL.DLL has experienced a Fatal error, please contact your IT support with error details found in tvcrash.dmp *Windows box flies out of the window*