Yeah. Sure. Let corporations be free to run amok just because some peanut butter got wasted. Sure. Nevermind the fact that this peanut butter "tragedy" is just the tip of the iceberg here. Much more edible stuff gets destroyed for a variety of reasons.
There is simply no reason to act like a hysterical ninny about it.
Liberty is about being able to do what you want when you want. That necessarily includes doing things that your idiot neighbors might disapprove of. That includes buying and owning things that frighten them because they choose to remain ignorant and then show off that ignorance like a badge of honor.
Your contempt for the common man is plain and one wonders how soon it will migrate from property rights to voting rights.
It's really this fearful herd mentality that will undermine the usefulness of 3-D printing.
As others have said, people don't even cook for themselves anymore. Forget about printing out their own shoes.
> Because I'm ENTITLED to movies and TV at a price I like!
Yes you are. It's called the free market.
As a matter of basic economic principles, the price of a product with highly elastic demand should be minimized. If this is not happening then something is probably broken somewhere.
> Why was that modded down? Those are valid points...
No they aren't. They're the usual Apple fanboy nonsense and cluelessness. As usual, the proudly ignorant are basing their FUD on gravely outdated information.
That's bound to happen when you frame your choices in terms of helplessness and extreme laziness.
> Because your bluray player is (most likely) a big piece of shit with a tiny cpu, a small amount of ram (for buffering), with a shitty network stack, so it can't deliver a great streaming performance, no matter how good the internet connection you have is.
A Roku isn't going to be any different in this regard. They are ALL puny underpowered ARM devices that can't handle any deviation from plan.
That's probably why the OP likes the idea of running a copy of XBMC on an old PC. An obsolete PC will still run circles around any ARM appliance once you decide to stray from the reservation.
> There also is no reason one service can't do the job. Why would I want to deal with multiple services when it is not technologically necessary?
You know what's not technologically necessary? An industry crippling monopoly. That's what's not technologically necessary.
There's no good reason to restrict yourself to a single provider for TV any more than you would restrict yourself to only one option for anything else.
The only other actual "gap" you mentioned is Sports and that is also evolving quickly online. As it is, it is mostly being held back by legacy contracts based on the old business model. Otherwise, the relevant players are quite ready to embrace the new model.
When Flavor Flav goes to Walmart to replace his ancient DVD player, what he will be presented with as a replacement will also have the built in capacity to stream from Netflix and Amazon.
Technology progresses. Prices drop. DVD players get displaced by BluRay players. BluRay players gain the ability to use streaming video services.
I don't think Netflix is anywhere near 100% satisfying but it comes pretty close. It's basically a replacement for 30 or so channels on cable that are dominated by re-runs.
However, I think the idea that this has to be some sort of one stop option is bogus and stupid. There's no good reason that multiple services can't do the job. We already have multiple channels in the old model.
Netflix + Amazon(PPV) together is a pretty complete solution.
> And the democrats only won it once between 1968 and 1992. What's your point?
It's not 1955 anymore, or even 1985. The same old rhetoric won't work because most of your base is dying of old age.
You can't even depend on the "white middle aged male" demographic anymore. Society has changed along with the demographics. You can't depend on crackers to get you elected.
Antagonizing EVERYONE else certainly is not a winning strategy.
Every time I go to buy a new car and have to deal with dealerships, I just wish that I could order what I want from the factory (or Amazon) and just pay MSRP.
Seriously. Dealers have gotten so bad that paying sticker price for exactly what you want is a better deal and less hassle sometimes.
> Clueless people believe all manner of ludicrous things.
Yes. You are a fine example.
There are many things that have been dragged under the rather thoroughly stretched and distorted umbrella of the ICC. Applying the ICC to this situation with Tesla would be far less of a stretch than some precedents that are over 100 years old.
I can use them any time I like. I can use them any place I like. I can use them on any device I like.
I don't have to worry about contracts expiring or crappy phone networks or landline ISP bandwidth caps.
I don't have to worry about how they have cropped the video or otherwise messed around with the source material.
Drives are large enough now that a decent media collection might not even span more than one drive. Shoved in a box, the originals won't take up any more space than anything else in the modern suburban lifestyle.
Clearly you have a problem with individuals retaining their personal property rights.
The "personal viewing" bit is referencing a standard part of copyright law that treats a public performance as a separate right. You can't buy a copy of a recent play and perform it. You need to buy a separate license for that.
This what the studios are using in order to create confusion on this matter. They are pretending that the legal restrictions of the physical copy are somehow related to some mythical license that doesn't really exist.
This helps them perpetuate the myth they are trying to create.
Clearly plenty of people swallow this nonsense at face value.
The fact that Apple considers something un-trendy accounts for exactly squat. On a Mac, it's a data access device. It implies exactly squat about the state of the rest of the universe outside of the computing industry or Cupertino.
Although the ability to create cheap/disposable media still counts for something outside of the hipster reality bubble.
> I'd say the laptop (with MKV files) is far superior to an Archos. I can work AND entertain myself on a flight with a laptop.
Seriously? On an airplane? You would be lucky enough to have enough room to unfold the thing. Forget about using the keyboard or being able to see what you're doing on screen.
A small hand held device doesn't have that problem.
>> VGA cable + Audio Patch Cable + Capture Card = rip almost anything. > > Yeah that'll look great on your 70" 1080P television.
It's Netflix. It's not going to look that great on your 70" TV anyways. '-p
Every glitch in the stream caused by network congestion or rogue garden gnomes is going to show up in the end result. You will get to snicker at Netflix, your ISP, and the FCC every time you watch it again.
DVDs on a laptop? The dude is just lost. Your conventional n00bs are probably going to be using some kind of portable DVD player. Many cars even have these built in. They're much more convenient for a n00b in a confined space. Playing DVDs on a laptop is a very outdated idea regardless of which part of the n00bubergeek spectrum you fall in.
An Archos full of MKV files is similar but more geeky.
It's much less clumsy then dealing with a laptop which may or may not even have an optical drive anymore.
Some works are too obscure. This was one of the great selling points of Netflix back in the day. They were your corner rental shop but they serviced the entire country. A title that might be too obscure for your corner shop would not be too obscure for Netflix.
It's just like Amazon.
I've seen works available on DVD get "expired" from the Netflix streaming service.
Then there are some things that are even too obscure for Netflix. Sometimes these items are subject to a brutal resale market where collectors are reamed. If you're lucky, you can even seek foreign sources of the same material. This is all enabled because a DVD is personal property rather than just a temporary "license to use".
Ripping DVDs is certainly trivial. It's an ancient DRM mechanism that was nearly instantly hacked. The relevant information was widely shared and suitable tools are legion.
This stuff can't be integrated into the likes of iTunes because of the DMCA but it's otherwise readily available and easy to use.
The idea that DVDs in particular are difficult to deal with just sounds like the rantings of an Apple fanboy with his blinders on too tight.
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Yeah. Sure. Let corporations be free to run amok just because some peanut butter got wasted. Sure. Nevermind the fact that this peanut butter "tragedy" is just the tip of the iceberg here. Much more edible stuff gets destroyed for a variety of reasons.
There is simply no reason to act like a hysterical ninny about it.
Liberty is about being able to do what you want when you want. That necessarily includes doing things that your idiot neighbors might disapprove of. That includes buying and owning things that frighten them because they choose to remain ignorant and then show off that ignorance like a badge of honor.
Your contempt for the common man is plain and one wonders how soon it will migrate from property rights to voting rights.
It's really this fearful herd mentality that will undermine the usefulness of 3-D printing.
As others have said, people don't even cook for themselves anymore. Forget about printing out their own shoes.
On the other hand, the idea that an older version of Linux is "vulnerable" is just trollish hogwash.
> Exactly where can I get ala-carte TV programming (legally) by station and by show?
Ala-Carte TV programming? Where the HELL have you been? iTunes has offered this for a rather long time now. So has Amazon.
> Where can I get every single movie in existence including current theater releases (legally)?
You can't get this now. So you are just lamely moving the goalposts.
> Because I'm ENTITLED to movies and TV at a price I like!
Yes you are. It's called the free market.
As a matter of basic economic principles, the price of a product with highly elastic demand should be minimized. If this is not happening then something is probably broken somewhere.
> Why was that modded down? Those are valid points...
No they aren't. They're the usual Apple fanboy nonsense and cluelessness. As usual, the proudly ignorant are basing their FUD on gravely outdated information.
That's bound to happen when you frame your choices in terms of helplessness and extreme laziness.
> Because your bluray player is (most likely) a big piece of shit with a tiny cpu, a small amount of ram (for buffering), with a shitty network stack, so it can't deliver a great streaming performance, no matter how good the internet connection you have is.
A Roku isn't going to be any different in this regard. They are ALL puny underpowered ARM devices that can't handle any deviation from plan.
That's probably why the OP likes the idea of running a copy of XBMC on an old PC. An obsolete PC will still run circles around any ARM appliance once you decide to stray from the reservation.
> There also is no reason one service can't do the job. Why would I want to deal with multiple services when it is not technologically necessary?
You know what's not technologically necessary? An industry crippling monopoly. That's what's not technologically necessary.
There's no good reason to restrict yourself to a single provider for TV any more than you would restrict yourself to only one option for anything else.
The only other actual "gap" you mentioned is Sports and that is also evolving quickly online. As it is, it is mostly being held back by legacy contracts based on the old business model. Otherwise, the relevant players are quite ready to embrace the new model.
When Flavor Flav goes to Walmart to replace his ancient DVD player, what he will be presented with as a replacement will also have the built in capacity to stream from Netflix and Amazon.
Technology progresses. Prices drop. DVD players get displaced by BluRay players. BluRay players gain the ability to use streaming video services.
It's not 2007 anymore.
I don't think Netflix is anywhere near 100% satisfying but it comes pretty close. It's basically a replacement for 30 or so channels on cable that are dominated by re-runs.
However, I think the idea that this has to be some sort of one stop option is bogus and stupid. There's no good reason that multiple services can't do the job. We already have multiple channels in the old model.
Netflix + Amazon(PPV) together is a pretty complete solution.
> And the democrats only won it once between 1968 and 1992. What's your point?
It's not 1955 anymore, or even 1985. The same old rhetoric won't work because most of your base is dying of old age.
You can't even depend on the "white middle aged male" demographic anymore. Society has changed along with the demographics. You can't depend on crackers to get you elected.
Antagonizing EVERYONE else certainly is not a winning strategy.
Every time I go to buy a new car and have to deal with dealerships, I just wish that I could order what I want from the factory (or Amazon) and just pay MSRP.
Seriously. Dealers have gotten so bad that paying sticker price for exactly what you want is a better deal and less hassle sometimes.
> Clueless people believe all manner of ludicrous things.
Yes. You are a fine example.
There are many things that have been dragged under the rather thoroughly stretched and distorted umbrella of the ICC. Applying the ICC to this situation with Tesla would be far less of a stretch than some precedents that are over 100 years old.
The things I like I get to keep.
I can use them any time I like. I can use them any place I like. I can use them on any device I like.
I don't have to worry about contracts expiring or crappy phone networks or landline ISP bandwidth caps.
I don't have to worry about how they have cropped the video or otherwise messed around with the source material.
Drives are large enough now that a decent media collection might not even span more than one drive. Shoved in a box, the originals won't take up any more space than anything else in the modern suburban lifestyle.
Clearly you have a problem with individuals retaining their personal property rights.
The "personal viewing" bit is referencing a standard part of copyright law that treats a public performance as a separate right. You can't buy a copy of a recent play and perform it. You need to buy a separate license for that.
This what the studios are using in order to create confusion on this matter. They are pretending that the legal restrictions of the physical copy are somehow related to some mythical license that doesn't really exist.
This helps them perpetuate the myth they are trying to create.
Clearly plenty of people swallow this nonsense at face value.
"All hail our masters the job creators..."
...great. Another blithering Apple fanboy.
The fact that Apple considers something un-trendy accounts for exactly squat. On a Mac, it's a data access device. It implies exactly squat about the state of the rest of the universe outside of the computing industry or Cupertino.
Although the ability to create cheap/disposable media still counts for something outside of the hipster reality bubble.
> I'd say the laptop (with MKV files) is far superior to an Archos. I can work AND entertain myself on a flight with a laptop.
Seriously? On an airplane? You would be lucky enough to have enough room to unfold the thing. Forget about using the keyboard or being able to see what you're doing on screen.
A small hand held device doesn't have that problem.
> I found some posts from intellectual property attorneys and they seem to be saying that you can't just buy a DVD at Walmart and rent it out:
Posts on the Intarwebs don't count you ignorant git.
Cite some actual case law.
This stuff goes back at least 100 years.
Your attempts to be a total corporate whore are unconvincing.
>> VGA cable + Audio Patch Cable + Capture Card = rip almost anything.
>
> Yeah that'll look great on your 70" 1080P television.
It's Netflix. It's not going to look that great on your 70" TV anyways. '-p
Every glitch in the stream caused by network congestion or rogue garden gnomes is going to show up in the end result. You will get to snicker at Netflix, your ISP, and the FCC every time you watch it again.
That's not ripping. That's going back in time to 1985 so that you can employ a macrovision descrambler on your VCR.
DVDs on a laptop? The dude is just lost. Your conventional n00bs are probably going to be using some kind of portable DVD player. Many cars even have these built in. They're much more convenient for a n00b in a confined space. Playing DVDs on a laptop is a very outdated idea regardless of which part of the n00bubergeek spectrum you fall in.
An Archos full of MKV files is similar but more geeky.
It's much less clumsy then dealing with a laptop which may or may not even have an optical drive anymore.
Some works are too obscure. This was one of the great selling points of Netflix back in the day. They were your corner rental shop but they serviced the entire country. A title that might be too obscure for your corner shop would not be too obscure for Netflix.
It's just like Amazon.
I've seen works available on DVD get "expired" from the Netflix streaming service.
Then there are some things that are even too obscure for Netflix. Sometimes these items are subject to a brutal resale market where collectors are reamed. If you're lucky, you can even seek foreign sources of the same material. This is all enabled because a DVD is personal property rather than just a temporary "license to use".
> I'm pretty sure this is incorrect.
You're an idiot. Quit spreading bogus corporate propaganda.
First sale doctrine for creative works (and in general) is a very well settled area of law.
Studios can try and bully distributors but that's pretty much the extent of it.
Ripping DVDs is certainly trivial. It's an ancient DRM mechanism that was nearly instantly hacked. The relevant information was widely shared and suitable tools are legion.
This stuff can't be integrated into the likes of iTunes because of the DMCA but it's otherwise readily available and easy to use.
The idea that DVDs in particular are difficult to deal with just sounds like the rantings of an Apple fanboy with his blinders on too tight.
A modern "DVD player" is a streaming appliance.
So the only real barrier is the monthly cost of Internet service.
Chances are that people already have a suitable streaming appliance and may not even know it yet.