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Shaw Cable Again Blocks Firewire On Canadian Set-Top Boxes
WestCoastSuccess writes with this excerpt: "A year and a half ago, Canada's Shaw Cable began encrypting channels with the '0x02' flag. This flag has the effect of making the IEEE1394 (Firewire) output useless to customers who use third-party PVRs (such as the excellent MythTV, for example). After complaints to the CRTC and Industry Canada about this practice, the encryption flag was dropped on most channels and the Firewire connection again functioned. Until last night, that is."
evilbit?
I'm assuming that your comparison of TV and cigarettes would in turn imply the comparison of internet and crack.
Sure anyone can go without TV, but NO INTERNET?!?!?! ARE YOU FREAKING CRAZY MAN!??!? I GOTTA HAVE MY INTERNET!
Meh... it's not that bad. I haven't been on the internet now for months, and I don't miss it one bit. :p
I'm assuming that your comparison of TV and cigarettes would in turn imply the comparison of internet and crack. Sure anyone can go without TV, but NO INTERNET?!?!?! ARE YOU FREAKING CRAZY MAN!??!? I GOTTA HAVE MY INTERNET!
I know that can seem tough too, but after awhile you don't even realize it's there. I've been free of the 'net for about 3 days now, and.... oh CRAP!
If you aren't suspicious of your government's actions, you aren't doing your job as a responsible citizen.
I can't watch live NFL and Hockey via the net, nor can I watch a lot of re-runs of the older shows I like.
Sports are the most important, as I'm a sports nut.
So you're a jock-sniffer. Tell me, Mr. Jock-Sniffer, how does your idolatry of overpaid athletes differ in any way whatsoever from the more blatant celebrity worship you see on a show like Entertainment Tonight, which places high value on knowing the personal lives of people you have never met merely because they are entertainers? Oh right, because your demographic is somewhat younger males while their demographic is postmenopausal women with empty-nest syndrome. Otherwise you're both just fanboys. I bet when your team wins you say "yay WE won" as though you had anything to do with it.
It's nice how you admit that checking slashdot and keeping up with news are separate things.
It's nice how you admit that checking slashdot and keeping up with news are separate things.
What? Slashdot isn't news?
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Cocaine and hookers, you mean - don't forget the pron ;-)
It gripped her hand gently. 'Regret is for humans,' it said.
Don't forget the porn? What did you think I meant by the internet?
Obligatory Onion:
Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television
It is a little known fact that the dinosaurs had neither the Internet nor Mobile phones. And that my friends is why they are EXTINCT. They couldn't check their horoscopes, went out when there was a meteor storm and BAM. mass extinction
Think about it. We could end up going the same way.
Meh... it's not that bad. I haven't been on the internet now for months, and I don't miss it one bit. :p
And i take it you made this post via Smoke Signals to the Slashdot HQ right? :)