Bah. Not a problem for me. I've been using my Tivo almost 2 years. Yes, it records more than I can ever watch. So most of it goes unwatched.
I find Tivo indespensible now for 2 reasons:
1. The ability to pause or replay anything I watch. I can't even tell you how often I replay the last 10 seconds to catch something I missed, or pausing while I got check the meat on the BBQ. And my wife calls me in often to replay something for me that she found interesting or funny.
2. Efficient use of viewing time. I don't care enough about TV to go out of my way to watch something when it airs, and I sure don't care to watch everything Tivo records. (My hacked unit is only 52 hours.) What is important is that for the few hours a week that I _do_ want to watch TV, I am able to select the best of the best. That is, I tell Tivo to record only things I like, and then I watch only what I want, when I want. The ability to FF through commercials means it only takes about 42 minutes to watch an hour show, so the time I spend watching TV is maximized.
I agree that everybody should use encryption all the time. The best analogy I've heard is to snail mail:
Encryption is an envelope. I notice that almost all snail mail is sent in envelopes instead of postcards.
I suspect that if most users inherently understood this analogy and the technology underneath, the desire for encryption would be much more widespread.
I'm having trouble understanding how you've missed all the virtual property up to this point. Companies have gone public based on the value of their virtual property, lawsuits have happened over virtual property, mainstream media has hyped several forms of virtual property. With the valuations of the 'Internet Stocks', the billions of dollars involved, I'm amazed that you are only now recognizing the existence of virtual property.
Website content is virtual property. A domain name is virtual property.
I think the term 'virtual' is a misnomer here. If we are going to apply it any effort that results in information, we should apply it to all such efforts. Why should pixels on a screen be considered any more 'virtual' than ink on a page? Why should hours of effort in one medium be thought of as 'virtual', and another medium be 'real'.
Online gaming isn't bringing anything new to the concept. First, trading gaming accounts or positions is not new online or offline. Simply because EBay has decided to capitalize on it doesn't make it new. Second, time and effort are what create value, which is not a 'virtual' concept. The value of a digital/informational result is no less 'real' than a physical product.
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Bah. Not a problem for me. I've been using my Tivo almost 2 years. Yes, it records more than I can ever watch. So most of it goes unwatched.
I find Tivo indespensible now for 2 reasons:
1. The ability to pause or replay anything I watch. I can't even tell you how often I replay the last 10 seconds to catch something I missed, or pausing while I got check the meat on the BBQ. And my wife calls me in often to replay something for me that she found interesting or funny.
2. Efficient use of viewing time. I don't care enough about TV to go out of my way to watch something when it airs, and I sure don't care to watch everything Tivo records. (My hacked unit is only 52 hours.) What is important is that for the few hours a week that I _do_ want to watch TV, I am able to select the best of the best. That is, I tell Tivo to record only things I like, and then I watch only what I want, when I want. The ability to FF through commercials means it only takes about 42 minutes to watch an hour show, so the time I spend watching TV is maximized.
I agree that everybody should use encryption all the time. The best analogy I've heard is to snail mail:
Encryption is an envelope. I notice that almost all snail mail is sent in envelopes instead of postcards.
I suspect that if most users inherently understood this analogy and the technology underneath, the desire for encryption would be much more widespread.
I'm having trouble understanding how you've missed all the virtual property up to this point. Companies have gone public based on the value of their virtual property, lawsuits have happened over virtual property, mainstream media has hyped several forms of virtual property. With the valuations of the 'Internet Stocks', the billions of dollars involved, I'm amazed that you are only now recognizing the existence of virtual property.
Website content is virtual property.
A domain name is virtual property.
I think the term 'virtual' is a misnomer here. If we are going to apply it any effort that results in information, we should apply it to all such efforts. Why should pixels on a screen be considered any more 'virtual' than ink on a page? Why should hours of effort in one medium be thought of as 'virtual', and another medium be 'real'.
Online gaming isn't bringing anything new to the concept. First, trading gaming accounts or positions is not new online or offline. Simply because EBay has decided to capitalize on it doesn't make it new. Second, time and effort are what create value, which is not a 'virtual' concept. The value of a digital/informational result is no less 'real' than a physical product.