I don't watch broadcast TV, so I wouldn't find it worth my money. I do like to watch anime (admittedly bit-torrented) on a big screen, though, but would rather use my $15 a month for something other than God-given permission to use a TV. I already paid for the TV, and I pay for the electricity to run it. That's enough paying for me.
I see the logic behind the fee, but the tone of the TV Licensing website makes me mad (I wrote them a childish letter, too, I can't wait for their reply;).
I am a supporter of the make-things-technically-impossible-but-dont-make-t hem-illegal mentality. If they don't want me to see it without paying, encrypt it and charge me for a decryption box. If I break the encryption with a very small shell script, that's tough shit. They need better encryption.
That's my view on it, anyway. I have no qualms about being made to pay for content, it's just that if I figure out how to get it for free I think it's unfair to be prosecuted.
Yeah... paying for the privilege of owning a TV tuner really irks me. Like I said, glad this law doesn't apply to me:) My overreaction is largely unnecessary.
Nice sig. And username for that matter... I personally got a job and worked hard to get an iPod, and I think that's the way things should be;)
Now regarding your reply...
You are right. The Internet is the Internet. I think institutional licensing might be a way to satisfy the content providers. My local library pays $someone so I can come and look at everything in the LoC. Seems like a good use of tax dollars / tuition money to me.
My University library already has most journals back to the 1800s online ("JSTOR"), they pay for that but it's worth whatever the percentage of my tuition I pay for it.
The graphics cards are a bit different (big-endian vs. little-endian color representations, among other things). The drives, though, are the same. My Cube's CD drive died a while back, so I put in another IDE hard drive. Worked fine until the thing caught fire (pyro roommate...)
Actually the drives both still work and are happily serving files as we speak. Go cheap IDE:)
Sarcasm is *really funny*. It definitely *doesn't* make you sound like a 3-year-old.
Anyway, nobody's forcing you to watch TV. If you don't like Fox News, don't watch it! I don't really like the BBC. Why should I pay for it if I want to watch anime on my big TV? Hmmmmm?
It doesn't bother you *at all* that you have to pay a monthly fee to accelerate electrons into a phosphor-coated plate of glass? This is why I'm glad I don't live in Europe!
TV Licensing's website warns, "the fact that our enquiry officers are now so well equipped with the latest technology means that there is virtually no way to avoid detection...
Frankly, this is why I'm glad I don't live in Europe. The government certainly tries to take away our rights here in America, but they aren't very good at it. Eventually the courts make a sane decision, and we don't lose our rights.
Don't cite things like PATRIOT, because everytime the PATRIOT act is used on someone, it generates so much controversy that charges aren't pressed. Kerry cited some examples in the Debate last Friday.
Interesting concept, though. It's okay if I go to the Library and look it, but not if I look at it online? Why? ( I guess I know the answer; in real life only one person can see it at a time. Online, everyone on Earth can see it at the same time. Oh well. Information wants to be free. Don't want someone to know it? Don't write a book about it! )
Hahah, I use it on a 233MHz G3 with 64M of RAM. Up until a year ago, a 233MHz iMac with 320M of RAM was my main computer! XFCE (and icewm, I like icewm too) saved me.
Maybe "Underrated" is a better mod choice then? If you do that, you don't have to worry about paying hell in M2. M2-ers are mostly on crack these days (the mods are fine).
Actually, Apple is a solutions company. They sell you everything you need for a perfect computing experience. iPod/iTunes + iSight/iChat + OS X + Powerbook = good.
Any time anyone mentions a platform the same thing always comes up. The people from alternate platforms (like OS X, or Linux) make arguments about why their platform is better. The we get a bunch of cry-baby XP users making posts like yours. My point? WHO THE FUCK CARES WHICH PLATFORM IS BETTER!? Use the one you like! Done!
My Mac connects to the PC internet... I can see PC websites, read PC email, play PC MP3s, chat with PC users, plug in PC USB peripherals, use PC cards, open up a PC xterm, and run apt-get install qemu and run fucking Windows. What exactly did Apple lose? (Oh, I know this! You "lose" if you don't have 100% of the market. Right.)
(Tangent: And by PC do you mean PowerPC, the processor running this? Try again. It's called Wintel or x86 or something. Not PC. PC means personal computer, not Windoze XP.)
Apple really doesn't do stuff like that. An old iMac still sells for several hundred dollars...
You're thinking of Sony. They obsolete the previous line of products every two weeks, and piss the hell out of their customers. Apple doesn't do things like that.
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Well, the CD-fee is one-time, but this fee sucks you dry until you smash your TV out of frustration :)
Heh, that's fair. I am just tired of hearing how bad America is, so I wanted to reciprocate my "thanks".
I don't watch broadcast TV, so I wouldn't find it worth my money. I do like to watch anime (admittedly bit-torrented) on a big screen, though, but would rather use my $15 a month for something other than God-given permission to use a TV. I already paid for the TV, and I pay for the electricity to run it. That's enough paying for me.
;).
t hem-illegal mentality. If they don't want me to see it without paying, encrypt it and charge me for a decryption box. If I break the encryption with a very small shell script, that's tough shit. They need better encryption.
:) My overreaction is largely unnecessary.
I see the logic behind the fee, but the tone of the TV Licensing website makes me mad (I wrote them a childish letter, too, I can't wait for their reply
I am a supporter of the make-things-technically-impossible-but-dont-make-
That's my view on it, anyway. I have no qualms about being made to pay for content, it's just that if I figure out how to get it for free I think it's unfair to be prosecuted.
Yeah... paying for the privilege of owning a TV tuner really irks me. Like I said, glad this law doesn't apply to me
Nice sig. And username for that matter... I personally got a job and worked hard to get an iPod, and I think that's the way things should be ;)
Now regarding your reply...
You are right. The Internet is the Internet. I think institutional licensing might be a way to satisfy the content providers. My local library pays $someone so I can come and look at everything in the LoC. Seems like a good use of tax dollars / tuition money to me.
My University library already has most journals back to the 1800s online ("JSTOR"), they pay for that but it's worth whatever the percentage of my tuition I pay for it.
The graphics cards are a bit different (big-endian vs. little-endian color representations, among other things). The drives, though, are the same. My Cube's CD drive died a while back, so I put in another IDE hard drive. Worked fine until the thing caught fire (pyro roommate...)
:)
Actually the drives both still work and are happily serving files as we speak. Go cheap IDE
What if you want to watch your anime DVDs on a big-screen TV? You have to pay a monthly fee!? Ridiculous!
Sarcasm is *really funny*. It definitely *doesn't* make you sound like a 3-year-old.
Anyway, nobody's forcing you to watch TV. If you don't like Fox News, don't watch it! I don't really like the BBC. Why should I pay for it if I want to watch anime on my big TV? Hmmmmm?
It doesn't bother you *at all* that you have to pay a monthly fee to accelerate electrons into a phosphor-coated plate of glass? This is why I'm glad I don't live in Europe!
TV Licensing's website warns, "the fact that our enquiry officers are now so well equipped with the latest technology means that there is virtually no way to avoid detection...
Sounds like the The Redundancy Detector Van (or the Cat Detector Van, if you're a Monty Python fan).
Frankly, this is why I'm glad I don't live in Europe. The government certainly tries to take away our rights here in America, but they aren't very good at it. Eventually the courts make a sane decision, and we don't lose our rights.
Don't cite things like PATRIOT, because everytime the PATRIOT act is used on someone, it generates so much controversy that charges aren't pressed. Kerry cited some examples in the Debate last Friday.
Interesting concept, though. It's okay if I go to the Library and look it, but not if I look at it online? Why? ( I guess I know the answer; in real life only one person can see it at a time. Online, everyone on Earth can see it at the same time. Oh well. Information wants to be free. Don't want someone to know it? Don't write a book about it! )
About 1.0003 libraries of congress.
I prefer the window-list myself. I don't need a constant reminder of what program are running. That's a waste of screen real-estate IMO.
I'm glad OS X used this approach to window management. It works out very nicely.
Hahah, I use it on a 233MHz G3 with 64M of RAM. Up until a year ago, a 233MHz iMac with 320M of RAM was my main computer! XFCE (and icewm, I like icewm too) saved me.
Uh, yes!
Did the ISP abuse any children? No? Oh...
Have you ever been required to disclose your crypto keys?
I can say whatever the hell I want.
The parent comment is violating my copyright. Take it down.
Nothing illegal about sounding official, either. Maybe I think your post really does violate my copyright.
Maybe "Underrated" is a better mod choice then? If you do that, you don't have to worry about paying hell in M2. M2-ers are mostly on crack these days (the mods are fine).
XP is sloooo to load on a P4@2.4GHz with 128M of RAM. XP needs a lot more than 128M of RAM.
Actually, Apple is a solutions company. They sell you everything you need for a perfect computing experience. iPod/iTunes + iSight/iChat + OS X + Powerbook = good.
So, uh, use your XP box and quit-yer-bitching.
Any time anyone mentions a platform the same thing always comes up. The people from alternate platforms (like OS X, or Linux) make arguments about why their platform is better. The we get a bunch of cry-baby XP users making posts like yours. My point? WHO THE FUCK CARES WHICH PLATFORM IS BETTER!? Use the one you like! Done!
You do know that macs use the same RAM, ATA hard drives, CD drives, etc. as PCs right?
Lost what to the PC?
My Mac connects to the PC internet... I can see PC websites, read PC email, play PC MP3s, chat with PC users, plug in PC USB peripherals, use PC cards, open up a PC xterm, and run apt-get install qemu and run fucking Windows. What exactly did Apple lose? (Oh, I know this! You "lose" if you don't have 100% of the market. Right.)
(Tangent: And by PC do you mean PowerPC, the processor running this? Try again. It's called Wintel or x86 or something. Not PC. PC means personal computer, not Windoze XP.)
Apple really doesn't do stuff like that. An old iMac still sells for several hundred dollars...
You're thinking of Sony. They obsolete the previous line of products every two weeks, and piss the hell out of their customers. Apple doesn't do things like that.
Why?
jrockway@powerwifi$ mount_webdav
usage: mount_webdav [-o options] dav-enabled-uri mount-point
It's built in to the OS. Why would Apple want you to not use it?
It's so ugggggly though! And it won't sync with my Mac or iTunes...
That's why people pay Apple the big bucks. It's pretty and it works with no effort.