RCA doesn't use FreeGuide, it uses the free GuidePlus+. GuidePlus is great, it does have ads on the side, but they are not obtrusive at all, you dont automatically go to them or anything like that, they're just there. I have it on my RCA tv and my parents got an RCA tv just for that feature. Its good stuff.
And I don't think there's any reason to expect this not to be a long term solution.
The price is canadian, so we're talking what, $500 US?
Yeah, ok, so its still going to be a lot, but so what? Imagine how crisp and clear the porn will look on it! (And it'll stay that way as long as you keep back from it while watching.)
These aren't exactly a part of the operating system, though, are they?
On that note, what is that you see most often on BugTraq when it comes to Linux? Applications! These are also not exactly part of the OS, as you say, but they are taken into account in this article while MS applications are not. Seems a little one sided to me.
It could be seen as harmful due to the fact that without the bloated software, you aren't being exposed to advertisements and such that aol makes money off of.
I'm not a finance major or anything, but I would say that losing money, because people no longer are using the bloated software, is harmful.
That said, I still like what peng is doing, if AOL is going to be too lazy to get software created for linux, then its their own damn fault something like this is available.
Daft Punk had something similar with their Discovery album. You got a card in the case with a number, and using that number you could register and receive access to songs and remixes and things that you couldn't really find anywhere else.
It wasn't exactly advanced tickets, but it was something that you could only get with the purchase of the cd. And I wish more artist and record labels would move in this direction instead of worrying about something that is in reality helping their sales.
So, basically I've wasted my college education, because greedy bastards are going to screw up everything we know and love about the internet and our techological ways of life...
Sure, they can give us hell for a year or two while they try to sell us all DRM hardware, but we don't have to buy it! If everyone starts producing DRM hardware, repair services and "vintage" computer parts will be "all the rage".
Keep the computers that you have now in good shape so that when we really need them they'll still be good to go.
Haven't looked through the many other replies to this... However, I think if MS plans on moving to a subscription model for their OS, then they will be shooting themselves in the foot just the same...
Who wants to pay a monthly fee just to use a buggy, insecure OS? I know I sure as hell don't, moving to a subscription model will weed out all those who warez MS products and move them all into the Linux camp. Or, well, that's what will happen the way that I see things.
Pop-under ads... Sure, they will ruin the ripability of a movie or program for those wanting to record and share... But, I would much rather have a show or movie continue with a little ad in a corner than have it interrupted with something that's going to cause me to change the channel anyhow.
I know that Cincinnati Bell's Reveal service, the one that I was mentioning in first post blocks all numbers that are "Private" "Blocked" "Unknown" etc... Unless they enter in the number from which they are calling from. I don't know what is offered elsewhere.
Well, assuming fax spammers are like those annoying telemarketers, they have their numbers block and are just dialed by computer.
But not all hope is lost, many telecoms offer services that block calls from unknown and blocked numbers. That is, unless the other party enters their phone number. So, simply by signing up for services like these, you can protect your fax machine from receiving the junk.
Agreed... but, besides the reasonable price, they also need to make sure to have major hubs all around the country, if not the world. I have tried some of the other pay-for-download type music companies... the main problem that I had with them was not the price, which was normally pennies on the dollar compared to buying a cd, but the speed of download... I don't want to have to wait 30 minutes because the place I'm downloading from is swamped or just plain doesnt have the bandwidth to handle me. I can get on p2p and download the same file in a matter of seconds.
So the moral of this rambling is that besides a reasonable price they also need to make sure they can handle people downloading from them.
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Don't worry, Rick Perry will save the day. /s
I think theres something wrong with me. My job qualifies for 2, help desk zombie/reboot specialist, of the 7 and I rather like it.
RCA doesn't use FreeGuide, it uses the free GuidePlus+. GuidePlus is great, it does have ads on the side, but they are not obtrusive at all, you dont automatically go to them or anything like that, they're just there. I have it on my RCA tv and my parents got an RCA tv just for that feature. Its good stuff.
And I don't think there's any reason to expect this not to be a long term solution.
Hurray for RCA!
The price is canadian, so we're talking what, $500 US?
Yeah, ok, so its still going to be a lot, but so what? Imagine how crisp and clear the porn will look on it! (And it'll stay that way as long as you keep back from it while watching.)
These aren't exactly a part of the operating system, though, are they?
On that note, what is that you see most often on BugTraq when it comes to Linux? Applications! These are also not exactly part of the OS, as you say, but they are taken into account in this article while MS applications are not. Seems a little one sided to me.
It could be seen as harmful due to the fact that without the bloated software, you aren't being exposed to advertisements and such that aol makes money off of.
I'm not a finance major or anything, but I would say that losing money, because people no longer are using the bloated software, is harmful.
That said, I still like what peng is doing, if AOL is going to be too lazy to get software created for linux, then its their own damn fault something like this is available.
(everything else in my house uses 802.11)
Including your neighbors.
I never seem to be able to take anything Ballmer says seriously.
DANCE MONKEYBOY!
Daft Punk had something similar with their Discovery album. You got a card in the case with a number, and using that number you could register and receive access to songs and remixes and things that you couldn't really find anywhere else.
It wasn't exactly advanced tickets, but it was something that you could only get with the purchase of the cd. And I wish more artist and record labels would move in this direction instead of worrying about something that is in reality helping their sales.
Simple explanation, tons of CS departments around the country brai MS is the greatest! nwash their students into being friends of MS.
We can only hope and pray that hardware "heroes" will arrise from this mess.
I can't believe I'm saying this... but any word on Apple's posstion regarding this TCPA nonsense?
So, basically I've wasted my college education, because greedy bastards are going to screw up everything we know and love about the internet and our techological ways of life...
They can only control what we let them control!
Sure, they can give us hell for a year or two while they try to sell us all DRM hardware, but we don't have to buy it! If everyone starts producing DRM hardware, repair services and "vintage" computer parts will be "all the rage".
Keep the computers that you have now in good shape so that when we really need them they'll still be good to go.
Haven't looked through the many other replies to this... However, I think if MS plans on moving to a subscription model for their OS, then they will be shooting themselves in the foot just the same...
Who wants to pay a monthly fee just to use a buggy, insecure OS? I know I sure as hell don't, moving to a subscription model will weed out all those who warez MS products and move them all into the Linux camp. Or, well, that's what will happen the way that I see things.
I knew I could grab some flames from someone.
Thanks man!
Reading news like this makes me glad I'm an American...
But it also makes me a little scared. After reading some of the articles about how Americans are becoming so willing to give up their freedoms for a sense of security, I'm afraid that America could very easily slip into this same type of bullsh*t. Don't people see that we need to fight for our freedoms?
Hail free speech!
(I want to be able to keep my porn!)
So this is how the Borg REALLY started.
"which can not be read with ordinary procedures."
In other words 30 mins after these things hit the shelves we'll be able to make our backup copies like we should be able to.
And at some point, the MP3 standard will be looked down upon as a crappy old standard.
All hail Ogg!
Pop-under ads... Sure, they will ruin the ripability of a movie or program for those wanting to record and share... But, I would much rather have a show or movie continue with a little ad in a corner than have it interrupted with something that's going to cause me to change the channel anyhow.
I can see all type of problems if this catches on in Florida.
I know that Cincinnati Bell's Reveal service, the one that I was mentioning in first post blocks all numbers that are "Private" "Blocked" "Unknown" etc... Unless they enter in the number from which they are calling from. I don't know what is offered elsewhere.
Well, assuming fax spammers are like those annoying telemarketers, they have their numbers block and are just dialed by computer.
But not all hope is lost, many telecoms offer services that block calls from unknown and blocked numbers. That is, unless the other party enters their phone number. So, simply by signing up for services like these, you can protect your fax machine from receiving the junk.
Now I can be reminded on my phone that there are thousands of horny bitches just waiting for me!
Agreed... but, besides the reasonable price, they also need to make sure to have major hubs all around the country, if not the world. I have tried some of the other pay-for-download type music companies... the main problem that I had with them was not the price, which was normally pennies on the dollar compared to buying a cd, but the speed of download... I don't want to have to wait 30 minutes because the place I'm downloading from is swamped or just plain doesnt have the bandwidth to handle me. I can get on p2p and download the same file in a matter of seconds.
So the moral of this rambling is that besides a reasonable price they also need to make sure they can handle people downloading from them.