I don't want to pay for a channel where there are only a few good shows, and I don't really want a channel full of good shows (I don't have time to watch them anyhow). What I want is a subscription torrent rss feed so I can pay for the shows I want to watch. It's the easiest and most reliable way to get them and I can support specifically the shows I like.
I got my Leaf a few weeks ago, and that graphic looks like it came right off the Leaf customer web site (where you login to see all the data the Leaf uploads about energy usage etc, "Carwings"): the colors, the style, the fonts.
There is no longer any reason the government needs to be involved with communication and/or delivery services. The USPS should be phased out (and should have been long ago).
I refuse to have anything to do with the Mac App Store for the same reason I won't do the iphone, the reinstall issue is just a capper. I'll be getting disks...
Who cares if they stop supporting it, I've never gotten any support from them in the first place. I'm certainly not going to run any of the newer stuff unless absolutely forced to. And haven't been yet...
Sure, there's a lot of crap out there, but there's a *lot* of tv. It doesn't take but a very small percentage to be good to eat up all your free time. DVRs made me realize that Sturgeon's Law is a very good thing.
While I get blu-ray when I can, I've gotten more picky about what I get, partly because since DVRs there's actually so much good tv that I can actually watch, I don't have time for movies. But even on my 8' projection screen, between a good upconverting player and a lot of crappy blu-ray builds, the difference is minor. Getting the early bond movies on blu-ray was a waste of money for example. And a lot of the "extras" on blu-ray are useless fluff I have no interest in, if it doesn't actually get in the way. Then they're usually double the price of a dvd --- I *refuse* to pay $30, and will wait until they're at least down in the $20 range.
Actually, no, though that makes it harder. It's because ftp requires incoming connections to random ports, on one side or the other. If you're running ftp, *someone* has to have an open firewall, unless your firewall is smart enough to snoop on the ftp control channel and figure out on its own where the data connection is going to be made.
I'd instead say "and in internet years, that's about 400 years, and it shows. retire the poor thing already!" It's a royal pain for firewalls and it sends text in the clear. Move into the 21st century and use scp...
So that means that a teacher who wants to analyze the case that homosexuals are the planet's savior from humans destroying it with overpopulation are protected...
how are they going to split that between county, state, and federally-funded roads?
Proportionally based on miles in the county?
The trick is to figure out how to do that in a non-intrusive way. It *is* doable: such a device could be configured to dump a digitally signed summary that says "since : X miles in A county, Y miles in B county...". You would be required to do so at least with your registration renewal, but doing it monthly or quarterly would probably be easier on the cash flow.
Privacy controls:
* Waiting longer would do a better job of masking any tracking aspect * by being under your control, you don't have to worry about it sending info frequently enough to be a tracker * by being *signed* rather than encrypted, you can read it and *know* what's being reported
Whether there's the political will to do something so logical is another matter...
The one legitimate argument for Apple's draconian system is to protect the consumer. An app like this is just as much a fraud as one claiming it can cure cancer, and if they want even the slightest credibility... On the other, they blew that by letting it in in the first place.
How is that going to help? Most data plans I've seen include unlimited text messages, or at least if you're spending the bucks for a data plan, you just as well get the all inclusive version. Calling it $1000/megabyte is silly when you're not spending a fraction of that much because you're not sending anywhere near that much. Most things are a lot more expensive per unit in small quantities, just because they can be, even if the production cost is small.
I have way too many things open to be logging out all the time --- it's a royal pain and I lose too much state, so I just lock the screen when I leave. It was easy to build the habit as for a while I had a co-worker who was a joker who had a warped sense of humor, so I was careful to make sure he never had a chance to screw anything up. It's now a reflex...
* 10" is too big, I'm looking for a 7" screen. a tablet is a compromise between the portability of a cell phone and the screen real estate and bulk of a laptop. 10" shifts too much to the latter, 7" is a nice middle ground. * I've already got a cell phone, I don't need and won't pay for another one * If you're going to charge laptop prices and make it laptop sized, I'm going to get a laptop. with a real keyboard.
If the content creators, particularly tv shows, would setup official subscription torrent rss feeds and trackers, they could cash in on it instead of spending so much money fighting the 21st century...
How is this different from a protection racket? "we wouldn't want anything to happen to your packets now, would you? Pay us and we'll make sure they're safe..."
The reality is that wireless spectrum is not infinite and trying to pretend it is won't make it so, not matter what their marketing department promised.
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Clearly someone doesn't actually use netflix: I stopped using them after my fees went up 50% inside of a year.
It was amazing what you could tell from the pattern of lights, and they were aesthetically pleasing as well...
Sounds to me like he's giving them a scholarship w/generous stipend to the Thiel College of Business...
I don't want to pay for a channel where there are only a few good shows, and I don't really want a channel full of good shows (I don't have time to watch them anyhow). What I want is a subscription torrent rss feed so I can pay for the shows I want to watch. It's the easiest and most reliable way to get them and I can support specifically the shows I like.
I got my Leaf a few weeks ago, and that graphic looks like it came right off the Leaf customer web site (where you login to see all the data the Leaf uploads about energy usage etc, "Carwings"): the colors, the style, the fonts.
Not that I disagree with it...just sayin'...
Another option is a private post office --- there are a number of them around these days.
There is no longer any reason the government needs to be involved with communication and/or delivery services. The USPS should be phased out (and should have been long ago).
I refuse to have anything to do with the Mac App Store for the same reason I won't do the iphone, the reinstall issue is just a capper. I'll be getting disks...
Who cares if they stop supporting it, I've never gotten any support from them in the first place. I'm certainly not going to run any of the newer stuff unless absolutely forced to. And haven't been yet...
Whilst the cost of switching would be huge, there is also a massive hidden cost in not switching
Between a cost you see and one you don't, which one do you think most people will choose?
Sure, there's a lot of crap out there, but there's a *lot* of tv. It doesn't take but a very small percentage to be good to eat up all your free time. DVRs made me realize that Sturgeon's Law is a very good thing.
While I get blu-ray when I can, I've gotten more picky about what I get, partly because since DVRs there's actually so much good tv that I can actually watch, I don't have time for movies. But even on my 8' projection screen, between a good upconverting player and a lot of crappy blu-ray builds, the difference is minor. Getting the early bond movies on blu-ray was a waste of money for example. And a lot of the "extras" on blu-ray are useless fluff I have no interest in, if it doesn't actually get in the way. Then they're usually double the price of a dvd --- I *refuse* to pay $30, and will wait until they're at least down in the $20 range.
Actually, no, though that makes it harder. It's because ftp requires incoming connections to random ports, on one side or the other. If you're running ftp, *someone* has to have an open firewall, unless your firewall is smart enough to snoop on the ftp control channel and figure out on its own where the data connection is going to be made.
I'd instead say "and in internet years, that's about 400 years, and it shows. retire the poor thing already!" It's a royal pain for firewalls and it sends text in the clear. Move into the 21st century and use scp...
So that means that a teacher who wants to analyze the case that homosexuals are the planet's savior from humans destroying it with overpopulation are protected...
how are they going to split that between county, state, and federally-funded roads?
Proportionally based on miles in the county?
The trick is to figure out how to do that in a non-intrusive way. It *is* doable: such a device could be configured to dump a digitally signed summary that says "since : X miles in A county, Y miles in B county...". You would be required to do so at least with your registration renewal, but doing it monthly or quarterly would probably be easier on the cash flow.
Privacy controls:
* Waiting longer would do a better job of masking any tracking aspect
* by being under your control, you don't have to worry about it sending
info frequently enough to be a tracker
* by being *signed* rather than encrypted, you can read it and *know*
what's being reported
Whether there's the political will to do something so logical is another matter...
The one legitimate argument for Apple's draconian system is to protect the consumer. An app like this is just as much a fraud as one claiming it can cure cancer, and if they want even the slightest credibility... On the other, they blew that by letting it in in the first place.
How is that going to help? Most data plans I've seen include unlimited text messages, or at least if you're spending the bucks for a data plan, you just as well get the all inclusive version. Calling it $1000/megabyte is silly when you're not spending a fraction of that much because you're not sending anywhere near that much. Most things are a lot more expensive per unit in small quantities, just because they can be, even if the production cost is small.
I wonder if it comes with autotune as well to complete the process...
I have way too many things open to be logging out all the time --- it's a royal pain and I lose too much state, so I just lock the screen when I leave. It was easy to build the habit as for a while I had a co-worker who was a joker who had a warped sense of humor, so I was careful to make sure he never had a chance to screw anything up. It's now a reflex...
I realize I'm in the minority, but:
* 10" is too big, I'm looking for a 7" screen. a tablet is a compromise between the portability of a cell phone and the screen real estate and bulk of a laptop. 10" shifts too much to the latter, 7" is a nice middle ground.
* I've already got a cell phone, I don't need and won't pay for another one
* If you're going to charge laptop prices and make it laptop sized, I'm going to get a laptop. with a real keyboard.
If the content creators, particularly tv shows, would setup official subscription torrent rss feeds and trackers, they could cash in on it instead of spending so much money fighting the 21st century...
Inexcusable, I would say...
How is this different from a protection racket? "we wouldn't want anything to happen to your packets now, would you? Pay us and we'll make sure they're safe..."
The reality is that wireless spectrum is not infinite and trying to pretend it is won't make it so, not matter what their marketing department promised.