It's the same, that is the point. That is the entire point of the article, that Tivo is becoming a generalized term for DVRs. This behavior is bad news for the brands in question, because it makes the brand generic. Of course, you could also say that it gives these brands a lot of publicity, I suppose.
Taxation without representation is what happened when England was levying taxes on the American colonies, but colonists had no say in British government.
Companies who feel that they're being taxed unfairly nowadays are free to support candidates that will help them out. Happens all the time, even in Florida.
Someone took the already ugly concept of ground effects (neon lights under the car) and put them in the car. I'll pass, thanks. And that big silver bump, it's an eyesore. But, to each his own I guess.
AC, thanks for the tip. I just bought an iPod off a friend of mine, and its battery gauge is very inaccurate. Tonight I will run it completely down and then charge it and see if that helps.
MAME won't emulate these kind of games because there's no emulation necessary; it's already running on x86. So it ends up being just plain old piracy to run the quiz games on your home PC. Also, there's some encryption involved via a card on some. There was a discussion about this a while back on alt.games.mame, and the consensus was that it wouldn't be emulation at all.
The internet was not designed to be a telephone system or a post office. Anonymity and openness are what made it what it is today. If this were truly the case, they wouldn't ask you for contact info for your domain, or it would be marked as voluntary. People need to contact owners of domains on occasion. Whois is the best way to do that.
Yeah, that's a good point, I should have told him that. Instead, I just informed him that he probably ought to start using MS Word for this kind of thing.
I've seen a bit of a shift to more product placement recently, as well as shows which, upon close examination, reveal themselves to be basically just big commercials. At this point, I don't mind much, because there haven't been a whole lot of shows that I make an attempt to actually watch. In fact, the only show that I actually like is a public access show in my area called "Subterranean Sinema" which is run by this local Satanist. Lots of cool videos about weird stuff, not always dealing with Satan. In fact the more interesting shows aren't dealing with Satan at all. I mean there's only so much you can do with ol' Lucifer. Unfortunately that's not enough to keep me subscribed to cable, so I don't. But I watch the show whenever I get the chance.
One time when I was working at the computer lab help desk in college, I had a guy who was writing a paper in Excel, one word per cell! He'd just type a word, hit Tab, type the next one, and so on. The question he had was "How do I doublespace my paper?" I was dumbstruck.
If you used a Tivo or VCR, the commercials would be recorded, and have a chance of being watched, which is why advertisers make commercials. If you have no chance of watching it, you're defeating the entire income strategy of the people who make the TV shows you enjoy.
I'm not assuming anything. That's just how TV works. If your set is on and tuned into a show, DirectTV knows. That's all that matters. And the point wasn't Tivo, it was downloading off P2P networks.
If the P2P episodes have the commercials cut out (in fact, even if they don't) you haven't watched the ads that sustain TV shows. Even the stations you pay extra for, in your case, with your subscription to DirectTV, supplement the subscriber fees with paid advertising. When one guy tapes the show, encodes it, and puts it on P2P, that only accounts for one set of eyes. That data gets back to the Cartoon Network, and they see that not many people are watching ATHF. Ad prices go down, and the revenues for the show go down, and soon it becomes a show that is losing money. Then the show gets cancelled. That is why P2P viewing of shows is a problem. At least, that's how I think it works. I don't work for a TV station or anything, but from what I've read, that's what the Nielsen ratings are all about.
That was a great magazine. I have never laughed so much from reading a magazine as I did with that one. Too bad it's gone, it was definitely one of the more enjoyable magazines to read. Also, it was different. Nowadays, every magazine seems the same. Reviews, previews, articles about inane shit. Rinse, repeat. I miss PC Accelerator's weird articles about stuff like what games would make good drinking games.
Why are half the world's scammers and spammers in Florida? What the hell? I hate that state. If it weren't for Walt Disney World, that state would be totally worthless.
That is awesome. Thank you for bringing that web page to my attention. I always figured they were the same person, but now I know. Awesome.
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You make it sound like those are mutually exclusive concepts. I assure you, they aren't. Obviously not. I didn't think I had to specify that. You and I are both posting to an Internet site about a TV show. There you go. Point is, you can point to a huge internet following, but if nobody's watching the show and the advertisements, there's no reason to have the show exist.
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The thing is, these shows from the 80s that you speak of weren't bad for their time. A-Team and Knight Rider kicked ass, and lots of people watched them. Reality shows won't be the ones being re-run in the future, shows like Friends, X-Files, Seinfeld will be. Shows that people might be interested in 20 years down the road.
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It's the same, that is the point. That is the entire point of the article, that Tivo is becoming a generalized term for DVRs. This behavior is bad news for the brands in question, because it makes the brand generic. Of course, you could also say that it gives these brands a lot of publicity, I suppose.
You're an idiot. :)
Taxation without representation is what happened when England was levying taxes on the American colonies, but colonists had no say in British government.
Companies who feel that they're being taxed unfairly nowadays are free to support candidates that will help them out. Happens all the time, even in Florida.
As far as I've heard, EVERY womens' studies class is like this. Check out your local college.
Someone took the already ugly concept of ground effects (neon lights under the car) and put them in the car. I'll pass, thanks. And that big silver bump, it's an eyesore. But, to each his own I guess.
AC, thanks for the tip. I just bought an iPod off a friend of mine, and its battery gauge is very inaccurate. Tonight I will run it completely down and then charge it and see if that helps.
Now THAT is funny.
Put your signature in the signature field. I turn those off for a reason.
MAME won't emulate these kind of games because there's no emulation necessary; it's already running on x86. So it ends up being just plain old piracy to run the quiz games on your home PC. Also, there's some encryption involved via a card on some. There was a discussion about this a while back on alt.games.mame, and the consensus was that it wouldn't be emulation at all.
Since when was it obligatory to quote a show that only aired twice?
That only works for e-mail. Not all domains have mail servers associated with them.
The internet was not designed to be a telephone system or a post office. Anonymity and openness are what made it what it is today.
If this were truly the case, they wouldn't ask you for contact info for your domain, or it would be marked as voluntary. People need to contact owners of domains on occasion. Whois is the best way to do that.
Agreed. Why is it that when women get raped, it's a serious offense, and considered "worse than murder," yet when men get raped it's funny?
D'oh! Where's the beef?
Yeah, that's a good point, I should have told him that. Instead, I just informed him that he probably ought to start using MS Word for this kind of thing.
I've seen a bit of a shift to more product placement recently, as well as shows which, upon close examination, reveal themselves to be basically just big commercials. At this point, I don't mind much, because there haven't been a whole lot of shows that I make an attempt to actually watch. In fact, the only show that I actually like is a public access show in my area called "Subterranean Sinema" which is run by this local Satanist. Lots of cool videos about weird stuff, not always dealing with Satan. In fact the more interesting shows aren't dealing with Satan at all. I mean there's only so much you can do with ol' Lucifer. Unfortunately that's not enough to keep me subscribed to cable, so I don't. But I watch the show whenever I get the chance.
One time when I was working at the computer lab help desk in college, I had a guy who was writing a paper in Excel, one word per cell! He'd just type a word, hit Tab, type the next one, and so on. The question he had was "How do I doublespace my paper?" I was dumbstruck.
If you used a Tivo or VCR, the commercials would be recorded, and have a chance of being watched, which is why advertisers make commercials. If you have no chance of watching it, you're defeating the entire income strategy of the people who make the TV shows you enjoy.
I'm not assuming anything. That's just how TV works. If your set is on and tuned into a show, DirectTV knows. That's all that matters. And the point wasn't Tivo, it was downloading off P2P networks.
If the P2P episodes have the commercials cut out (in fact, even if they don't) you haven't watched the ads that sustain TV shows. Even the stations you pay extra for, in your case, with your subscription to DirectTV, supplement the subscriber fees with paid advertising. When one guy tapes the show, encodes it, and puts it on P2P, that only accounts for one set of eyes. That data gets back to the Cartoon Network, and they see that not many people are watching ATHF. Ad prices go down, and the revenues for the show go down, and soon it becomes a show that is losing money. Then the show gets cancelled. That is why P2P viewing of shows is a problem. At least, that's how I think it works. I don't work for a TV station or anything, but from what I've read, that's what the Nielsen ratings are all about.
Hey, do me a favor and put that "moderate" shit as your signature. I don't care about your weird linking sociological test.
That was a great magazine. I have never laughed so much from reading a magazine as I did with that one. Too bad it's gone, it was definitely one of the more enjoyable magazines to read. Also, it was different. Nowadays, every magazine seems the same. Reviews, previews, articles about inane shit. Rinse, repeat. I miss PC Accelerator's weird articles about stuff like what games would make good drinking games.
Why are half the world's scammers and spammers in Florida? What the hell? I hate that state. If it weren't for Walt Disney World, that state would be totally worthless.
That is awesome. Thank you for bringing that web page to my attention. I always figured they were the same person, but now I know. Awesome.
You make it sound like those are mutually exclusive concepts. I assure you, they aren't.
Obviously not. I didn't think I had to specify that. You and I are both posting to an Internet site about a TV show. There you go. Point is, you can point to a huge internet following, but if nobody's watching the show and the advertisements, there's no reason to have the show exist.
The thing is, these shows from the 80s that you speak of weren't bad for their time. A-Team and Knight Rider kicked ass, and lots of people watched them.
Reality shows won't be the ones being re-run in the future, shows like Friends, X-Files, Seinfeld will be. Shows that people might be interested in 20 years down the road.