You'd better just use basic cable. ANY/every type of digital service will be communicating with the cable company.
I work for Time Warner as a customer support pro, and I can dispell any notion that the cable companies might be spying on your viewing habits. It's just not feasbile at this point in time. I wouldn't go so far as to say it will NEVER happen, but you're looking at some MASSIVE amounts of data (750,000+ customer base) that would have to be travelling back up to the head ends, which would then most likely send the captured data to a central server. The location of such a server would have to be considerably large to handle the enormous amount of traffic and data. I have been around our entire plant in Houston and didn't see even a slight indication that we might have one.
There are times when it is hard enough just to send a "hit" out to a cable box to update its IP and collect the stored PPV info off it. Sometimes it gets so backed up that it can take over an hour. Therefore its just not possible that these boxes are streaming back this info...
You're so far off the mark... I've been chatting on irc for 8 years now... i've made some good friends, and i still continue to talk to them on a daily basis. As far as I can tell warez kidz are not even close to the majority of the irc population. It's like what one of the first posters said.. if you're looking for the warez, you'll find it, and you won't find much of anything else...
so your viewpoint depends on what YOU use it for i guess..
I would be inclined to say
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stfu you stupid noob.
That has to be the most ridiculous article i've seen posted in recent weeks or months for that matter.
Why do people insist on posting about the hindenburg every single time hydrogen - insert plural vehicles of choice here - are mentioned?
Every single time it is repudiated with numerous logical explanations, and even more scientific facts about the combustibility of hydrogen in the gasless state.
Let's just all learn something here today, so we don't have to continue the grueling cycle of wash, rinse, repeat. Thank you.
I'm wondering why the FCC hasn't outlawed the common lasers yet... I mean, they regulate the cable industry so heavily that if there is a certain percentage of cable leak, that could POSSIBLY (however unlikely) affect an aircraft overhead, the cable system is shutdown immediately and fined enormous amounts of money until the problem is located and taken care of.
The thing is, usually it isn't the cable company that's at fault... its the moran people messing around with their cable.
So how is it that people selling lasers aren't responsible for the people they sell them to? I guess my analogy is weak at best, but it still seems to hold SOMETHING.
Lets all jump on the "bullet solution" bandwagon. Did it ever occur to the morans that are setting up the experiments, that maybe fat people are fat because they EAT TOO DAMN MUCH!?
My dad survived on the least sleep of anyone I've ever known, and he was in great condition. However, he was a karate instructor, and therefore got regular exercise - something most fatties don't get. I myself get a mere 4 - 6 hours of sleep on a regular basis (im 21) and I'm still about 20 lbs underweight.
Let's just cut the bullshit, and have a study on how to make people clones of celebrities.
Yeah because they charge a damn arm and a leg for the service. Not only that, but you've got a rather limited selection of shows to watch. It seems they only went 1/2 the mile.. if they'd just run the other half, and give us all the shows at a decent price, it would sell like hotcakes.
but i've had a few complaints... one being it crashes a whole lot more than ie does, two it takes a bit longer to get it to start up for the first time - not a big deal, but a little annoying, and three embedded windows media files won't seem to play at all.
Ever since the day AOL went to unlimited use for $20 a month, I was done with television. I was probably 11 years old then? Even before that, television has not played a major role in my life. I'm sorry, but the programming is just not what I'm looking for in entertainment. In fact, most of it is quite the opposite. I want something that will stimulate my brain, not something that will vegetate it.
I'm now 21 and I have a couple of shows that I like to watch. Family guy, Sopranos( a friend turned me onto this one), and Penn & Teller's Bullshit. That's it.
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And how is this going to look bad for the linux community? Are they going to bring it up in court, saying that they were defaced because Linux exists? I could see them using it as more fodder in their campaign against the evils of linux, however, web defacement is no longer OS dependent. There are plenty of sites on the web that will allow you to click and deface with the browser of your choice, and without you having to run a single program on your computer.
I'll go whereever there's work. I can't seem to get a break around here (houston), so I'm ready to go anywhere I can get a piece of the pie. As of late I've been wanting to get out of the US anyways, not soley due to the election.
As you can tell I dont play MMOGs either but I've seen what happens to some people that play them, and I swore them off. Though the matrix one looks tempting, I won't play it.
BTW: there's nothing wrong with my math.. if you could read, you'd notice I never said you had to rebuy the game every month. I said you had to buy expansions. Sure I exagerrated a little on that part, but its the principle of the matter that counts.
No you gotta take out $50 to buy it (no idea why) PLUS $15 so you can play it. Which makes it about a $35 'savings'. Not to mention every month there is at LEAST 1 new expansion you'll have to buy to be able to compete with everyone, so that's another $30 - $40. Now you're in the hole. Not only that, but you've spent so damn much money on it, you figure you better use every waking hour you have on it, and even some hours you should be sleeping or possibly socializing. Welcome to the world of a sheeple. You've been so suckered by the game company that you're little more than a virtual crack addict, throwing money at them constantly to keep your virtual crack in good supply. Notice how it doesn't start out like that, but YOU talk yourself into becoming that way, with a little nudge from the game company...
The wave of the future is simply to abandon the idea of school that was dreamed up during the Industrial Revolution. We now have technology that will allow students to excel way beyond anywhere today's schools can get them.
The problem seems to be that people don't realize what the problem is. We just need to change how we view the education process and what exactly we are trying to accomplish with it, and then overhaul the system. We don't all need to BE somewhere to learn. Many will, many won't.
Its almost laughable how badly the government and school districts struggle these days with the money issues, drop out rates, and whatnot.
I like to compare it to this hypothetical (however unlikely) situation : all the major car companies in the world trying to come up with a hydrogen to diesel to unleaded gas engine, instead of just starting anew and creating a hydrogen gas engine.
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You'd better just use basic cable. ANY/every type of digital service will be communicating with the cable company.
I work for Time Warner as a customer support pro, and I can dispell any notion that the cable companies might be spying on your viewing habits. It's just not feasbile at this point in time. I wouldn't go so far as to say it will NEVER happen, but you're looking at some MASSIVE amounts of data (750,000+ customer base) that would have to be travelling back up to the head ends, which would then most likely send the captured data to a central server. The location of such a server would have to be considerably large to handle the enormous amount of traffic and data. I have been around our entire plant in Houston and didn't see even a slight indication that we might have one.
There are times when it is hard enough just to send a "hit" out to a cable box to update its IP and collect the stored PPV info off it. Sometimes it gets so backed up that it can take over an hour. Therefore its just not possible that these boxes are streaming back this info...
You can put your tin foil hat away for now.
You're so far off the mark... I've been chatting on irc for 8 years now... i've made some good friends, and i still continue to talk to them on a daily basis. As far as I can tell warez kidz are not even close to the majority of the irc population. It's like what one of the first posters said.. if you're looking for the warez, you'll find it, and you won't find much of anything else...
so your viewpoint depends on what YOU use it for i guess..
stfu you stupid noob.
That has to be the most ridiculous article i've seen posted in recent weeks or months for that matter.
99.9 percent huh?
go back to aol.. >:(
Why do people insist on posting about the hindenburg every single time hydrogen - insert plural vehicles of choice here - are mentioned?
Every single time it is repudiated with numerous logical explanations, and even more scientific facts about the combustibility of hydrogen in the gasless state.
Let's just all learn something here today, so we don't have to continue the grueling cycle of wash, rinse, repeat.
Thank you.
Incredible.
I'm wondering why the FCC hasn't outlawed the common lasers yet... I mean, they regulate the cable industry so heavily that if there is a certain percentage of cable leak, that could POSSIBLY (however unlikely) affect an aircraft overhead, the cable system is shutdown immediately and fined enormous amounts of money until the problem is located and taken care of.
The thing is, usually it isn't the cable company that's at fault... its the moran people messing around with their cable.
So how is it that people selling lasers aren't responsible for the people they sell them to?
I guess my analogy is weak at best, but it still seems to hold SOMETHING.
Lets all jump on the "bullet solution" bandwagon. Did it ever occur to the morans that are setting up the experiments, that maybe fat people are fat because they EAT TOO DAMN MUCH!?
My dad survived on the least sleep of anyone I've ever known, and he was in great condition. However, he was a karate instructor, and therefore got regular exercise - something most fatties don't get.
I myself get a mere 4 - 6 hours of sleep on a regular basis (im 21) and I'm still about 20 lbs underweight.
Let's just cut the bullshit, and have a study on how to make people clones of celebrities.
Wow.. amazingly this never occured to me before... man I feel dumb now.
Yeah because they charge a damn arm and a leg for the service. Not only that, but you've got a rather limited selection of shows to watch. It seems they only went 1/2 the mile.. if they'd just run the other half, and give us all the shows at a decent price, it would sell like hotcakes.
I'd rather not go thru the countless "redundant" entries.
but i've had a few complaints... one being it crashes a whole lot more than ie does, two it takes a bit longer to get it to start up for the first time - not a big deal, but a little annoying, and three embedded windows media files won't seem to play at all.
Holy crap, I read it like that too and didn't even realize it until I re-read it after reading your comment.
Amazing.
Imagine how many jobs this could have provided for people! WHY GOD WHY!?
Ever since the day AOL went to unlimited use for $20 a month, I was done with television. I was probably 11 years old then? Even before that, television has not played a major role in my life. I'm sorry, but the programming is just not what I'm looking for in entertainment. In fact, most of it is quite the opposite. I want something that will stimulate my brain, not something that will vegetate it.
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I'm now 21 and I have a couple of shows that I like to watch. Family guy, Sopranos( a friend turned me onto this one), and Penn & Teller's Bullshit. That's it.
Everything else comes from the power of the net
I think the only thing your diet will get you is a CEO job or prison, or both. That and a disproportionately large noggin. :P
He was paralyzed thru his whole body and he probably still got more action than you. Dana = hottie.
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And how is this going to look bad for the linux community? Are they going to bring it up in court, saying that they were defaced because Linux exists? I could see them using it as more fodder in their campaign against the evils of linux, however, web defacement is no longer OS dependent. There are plenty of sites on the web that will allow you to click and deface with the browser of your choice, and without you having to run a single program on your computer.
I have no idea what you said for the most part, but it sure looks like YOU know what you're talkin about..
I'll go whereever there's work. I can't seem to get a break around here (houston), so I'm ready to go anywhere I can get a piece of the pie. As of late I've been wanting to get out of the US anyways, not soley due to the election.
That's a rather dangerous stereotype.
The reason you always hear these stories is because those are the idiots that got caught. You don't hear so much about someone who never got caught...
As you can tell I dont play MMOGs either but I've seen what happens to some people that play them, and I swore them off. Though the matrix one looks tempting, I won't play it.
BTW: there's nothing wrong with my math.. if you could read, you'd notice I never said you had to rebuy the game every month. I said you had to buy expansions. Sure I exagerrated a little on that part, but its the principle of the matter that counts.
No you gotta take out $50 to buy it (no idea why) PLUS $15 so you can play it. Which makes it about a $35 'savings'. Not to mention every month there is at LEAST 1 new expansion you'll have to buy to be able to compete with everyone, so that's another $30 - $40. Now you're in the hole. Not only that, but you've spent so damn much money on it, you figure you better use every waking hour you have on it, and even some hours you should be sleeping or possibly socializing. Welcome to the world of a sheeple.
You've been so suckered by the game company that you're little more than a virtual crack addict, throwing money at them constantly to keep your virtual crack in good supply. Notice how it doesn't start out like that, but YOU talk yourself into becoming that way, with a little nudge from the game company...
Its a bit scary if you ask me.
Last time I checked, cars have a lot of plexiglass and fiberglass.. not metal. They crunch like little tin cans if someone looks at them wrong.
Might as well go with Everclear.. few shots and you'll be envying bats.. at least for the next 30 seconds that you're conscious.
On the contrary...
The wave of the future is simply to abandon the idea of school that was dreamed up during the Industrial Revolution. We now have technology that will allow students to excel way beyond anywhere today's schools can get them.
The problem seems to be that people don't realize what the problem is. We just need to change how we view the education process and what exactly we are trying to accomplish with it, and then overhaul the system. We don't all need to BE somewhere to learn. Many will, many won't.
Its almost laughable how badly the government and school districts struggle these days with the money issues, drop out rates, and whatnot.
I like to compare it to this hypothetical (however unlikely) situation : all the major car companies in the world trying to come up with a hydrogen to diesel to unleaded gas engine, instead of just starting anew and creating a hydrogen gas engine.
Yeah.. they'll probably have that DNA scanner out of GATTACA before you know it..
I'll sure be glad I'm not in school when they start making everyone prick their fingers daily.. there were enough pricks in school as it were.