The article is titled "TiVo to Sell Your Fast-Forward Button" - but it has nothing to do with fast forwarding, or rewinding. The extra content is displayed to supplement an existing commercial, and is displayed for as long as the actual commercial is displayed (or possibly a little less). The article makes it sound like that horrid cable provider which displays banner ads for insurance, flowers and other completely unrelated products for a minimum of three seconds whenever you switch channels.
So, "TiVo to augment TV commercials with interactive content" would be a much more accurate (but less scandalous) title.
When you watch commercials with a TiVo, there will be additional information displayed, maybe just "press thumbs-up for more information and a chance to win etc etc".
If you fast forward through this commercial you will still see that information, but of course for a shorter time.
At any rate, the information will be tied to the commercial you're currently viewing.
Where's the story here?
The original article seems to have little to do with the slashdot story reporting it. It's almost like the FUD microsoft spreads about Linux, but since here we all love TiVos (or don't watch TV at all) it can't be intentional.
Dear slashdot, please correct the factual errors in the original article.
"You must be new here" comments are not solicited at this time.
We should all pool our money and buy every Senator a TiVo, then send someone to their house to show them how to program the 30-second skip. This bill would be killed after about a week of them getting addicted.
Senators don't watch TV, they have people who perform the shows for them live.
The last episode made it painfully obvious what the entire episode was going to be about in the first 5 minutes, and sure enough it was - talk about a filler episode (Teal'c stuck in that gaming chair).
But did you catch the "I play Def Jam Vendetta" reference?
Dreamcasts are not like cart-based consoles. They're CD based, which means they have moving parts, which means they'll all fail after a few years of use.
You only have that much time with your Dreamcast. Do you want to spend that time together doing things you could do with any computer? Shouldn't you cherish the time you have left together and spend it doing what makes your Dreamcast special?
You know, I bet these were those activist judges you keep hearing about.
Anyway, I'm sure all the sensitive data (if not the entire hard drive) was encrypted, so the only thing we have to worry about is the terrorists finally getting their hands on encryption software.
It seems console companies always put out these small, streamlined versions... that lose some features that nobody's using or that they don't like. Power LED, keyboard slot, mystery connection that nobody knows what it's for, MIL-CD support, that kind of thing.
How about just making the idiots who let their computers get infected sit in stockade for a few days?
What a great idea! How wonderful! How utterly sensible! We all know nobody has a right to operate a computer unless they first verify all code running on it to be secure. It's not the vendor's fault. Just like people who die in airline crashes deserve it because they did not verify the plane would land safely.
"You know less about computers than I do, so you're stupid and don't deserve to use one" is a stupid, childish attitude, and it has to go. This is exactly the kind of thing that makes people hate geeks.
Final Fantasy Origins = FF1 on the PSX Final Fantasy Chronicles (FF4 (2 in the US) and Chrono Trigger) Final Fantasy Anthology (FF5 and FF6 (3 in the US)
I own all three, gladly.
Are you really fine with the loading times on the PSX? Do you remember what they were like on real carts?
Granted, the worst offender is the non-FF title (Chrono Trigger), and the loading times may be shorter on the PS2 (does anybody know?)
Is the hardware close enough to the original that it can somehow be modified to somehow (flash card? USB drive?) include the rest of the 7800's library?
Metroid is an unlockable on Metroid: Zero Mission (and Metroid Prime on the Cube), and Dr. Mario is unlockable on WarioWare, Inc. as "Dr. Wario". And Nintendo expects people to pay $19.99 for the old games on their own?
Some people bought the classic NES Pac-Man, even though they could have gotten Namco's Pac-Man Collection, which includes it and 3 other pac-games, for $10-$15.
It's possible that some people like these for the retro value. It's also possible that some people (impulse buyers, gift buyers, etc) don't do any kind of research before buying a title, shocking as that may be.
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The article is titled "TiVo to Sell Your Fast-Forward Button" - but it has nothing to do with fast forwarding, or rewinding. The extra content is displayed to supplement an existing commercial, and is displayed for as long as the actual commercial is displayed (or possibly a little less). The article makes it sound like that horrid cable provider which displays banner ads for insurance, flowers and other completely unrelated products for a minimum of three seconds whenever you switch channels.
So, "TiVo to augment TV commercials with interactive content" would be a much more accurate (but less scandalous) title.
The company plans to bring back a refreshed Netscape browser based on Firefox.
"Refreshed" is an IE term. Surely you mean "reloaded".
When you watch commercials with a TiVo, there will be additional information displayed, maybe just "press thumbs-up for more information and a chance to win etc etc".
If you fast forward through this commercial you will still see that information, but of course for a shorter time.
At any rate, the information will be tied to the commercial you're currently viewing.
Where's the story here?
The original article seems to have little to do with the slashdot story reporting it. It's almost like the FUD microsoft spreads about Linux, but since here we all love TiVos (or don't watch TV at all) it can't be intentional.
Dear slashdot, please correct the factual errors in the original article.
"You must be new here" comments are not solicited at this time.
We should all pool our money and buy every Senator a TiVo, then send someone to their house to show them how to program the 30-second skip. This bill would be killed after about a week of them getting addicted.
Senators don't watch TV, they have people who perform the shows for them live.
The last episode made it painfully obvious what the entire episode was going to be about in the first 5 minutes, and sure enough it was - talk about a filler episode (Teal'c stuck in that gaming chair).
But did you catch the "I play Def Jam Vendetta" reference?
Posting links that require login isn't particularly new. Do you complain about them EVERY time they're posted?
Complaining about posted links that require login isn't particularly new. Do you complain about comments like this EVERY time they're posted?
Rape is usually about 5-20 years, isn't it? I agree that 9 years is a little extreme for spamming.
You're comparing apples and PCs. 5-20 years is for _ONE_ count of rape, not (say) 25 million.
What would be a typical sentence for 25 million counts of rape? Compare that to 9 years.
15 years is the sentence handed out in a rape & sexual battery conviction involving a minor. This doesn't sit right.
So what's the sentence for (say) 25 million counts of rape & sexual battery convictions involving a minor?
Dreamcasts are not like cart-based consoles. They're CD based, which means they have moving parts, which means they'll all fail after a few years of use.
You only have that much time with your Dreamcast. Do you want to spend that time together doing things you could do with any computer? Shouldn't you cherish the time you have left together and spend it doing what makes your Dreamcast special?
Never find out about Kinko's.
The broadcast flag is my only chance to gather up the resolve to stop watching TV. Cold turkey. Please don't take that away.
You know, I bet these were those activist judges you keep hearing about.
Anyway, I'm sure all the sensitive data (if not the entire hard drive) was encrypted, so the only thing we have to worry about is the terrorists finally getting their hands on encryption software.
Of course, that means there are very few movies I can even consider buying - which is great news for my wallet.
so I could be sure my money would never be used to support the RIAA agenda.
Experiment cuts off online junkies from internet... Participants in the human experiment were deprived of the web for 14 days
The web is not the internet, despite popular beliefs (web + mail over web = internet).
I'd expect this type of mistake from a local news story but not from sources who should know better.
For some reason, while I read this my first thought was "Franklin".
It seems console companies always put out these small, streamlined versions... that lose some features that nobody's using or that they don't like. Power LED, keyboard slot, mystery connection that nobody knows what it's for, MIL-CD support, that kind of thing.
Any bets on what we're going to lose this time?
How about just making the idiots who let their computers get infected sit in stockade for a few days?
What a great idea! How wonderful! How utterly sensible! We all know nobody has a right to operate a computer unless they first verify all code running on it to be secure. It's not the vendor's fault. Just like people who die in airline crashes deserve it because they did not verify the plane would land safely.
"You know less about computers than I do, so you're stupid and don't deserve to use one" is a stupid, childish attitude, and it has to go. This is exactly the kind of thing that makes people hate geeks.
Final Fantasy Origins = FF1 on the PSX
Final Fantasy Chronicles (FF4 (2 in the US) and Chrono Trigger)
Final Fantasy Anthology (FF5 and FF6 (3 in the US)
I own all three, gladly.
Are you really fine with the loading times on the PSX? Do you remember what they were like on real carts?
Granted, the worst offender is the non-FF title (Chrono Trigger), and the loading times may be shorter on the PS2 (does anybody know?)
Now we just need Battle of the Planets, and we're set.
Is the hardware close enough to the original that it can somehow be modified to somehow (flash card? USB drive?) include the rest of the 7800's library?
No, the $20 cut is being introduced cause I just bought one a week ago.
You did keep the receipt, right? Just go back to the store and get the price matched.
Government regulation of the communication infrastructure is no-longer necessary, and the government is going to have to accept this fact.
Who's gonna make them?
Does anybody else find it ironic that Sonic is now on the GameCube and GBA?
No. Remember the Dreamcast let you play Mario games on Sega hardware before Sonic games were available for Nintendo platforms.
And if you really want to be confused:
Somari
Metroid is an unlockable on Metroid: Zero Mission (and Metroid Prime on the Cube), and Dr. Mario is unlockable on WarioWare, Inc. as "Dr. Wario". And Nintendo expects people to pay $19.99 for the old games on their own?
Some people bought the classic NES Pac-Man, even though they could have gotten Namco's Pac-Man Collection, which includes it and 3 other pac-games, for $10-$15.
It's possible that some people like these for the retro value. It's also possible that some people (impulse buyers, gift buyers, etc) don't do any kind of research before buying a title, shocking as that may be.