The worlds addiction to oil is what gives the middle east power. THAT, is a big enough reason to stop using oil. saudi arabia and their neighbors have unchecked control and influence through oil. I cant think of a larger group of humans who are less worthy of such power. The world lets saudi arabia sponser mass murder and hide the murders out of the fear the saudis might cut production.
In the US, having a second generation oil pimp at the helm is a problem too. I know nothing will change as long as big oil has such a corrupting influence on US politics and policies. The civilized world should of started to wean themselves from oil back in the 70's. What a wonderfull world it would be if the middle east had the power they are worthy of and deserve-NONE, and my car ran on water.
I do not own a Replay or a Tivo but I do own MANY VCRS. Everything I watch has been previously recorded. I will never own anything (knowingly) that was designed to spy on me! It has always pissed me off that Replay and Tivo were allowed to build such an invasive and easily exploitable privacy invading device! I have no sympathy for the people who own them and their compromised privacy, they knew what they were buying. I am also not surprised that the entertainment industry has found a way to use this technology against us! I am only surprised it has taken them so long.
Every day our privacy and rights are being compromised by the rich and powerful corporations who are allowed to buy government protection for their stupid business practices. I am so sick of their attitude; "we made billions before so we are entitled to continue making billions regardless of what is/has happened in the real world"!
It would be great if somone could come up with a "patch", that could be easily installed, would skew the logging beyond the point of uselessness, and send a message like "encroachment on my privacy strictly forbidden". There is little chance of this I am affraid. There is also little chance of stopping the entertainment industry from dictating the conditions of our surrender. After all they have the money and the (paid for) government on their side. Enjoy your remaing "fair use" while you have it.
On the bright side, after the entertainment industry has succeeded in hosing all of us (their customers) with all of their restrictions, regulations, hard-wired encryption, etc. etc. we will have more time to read books or go to the park. God knows it will be way to difficult to watch a sitcom or listen to music.
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The worlds addiction to oil is what gives the middle east power. THAT, is a big enough reason to stop using oil. saudi arabia and their neighbors have unchecked control and influence through oil. I cant think of a larger group of humans who are less worthy of such power. The world lets saudi arabia sponser mass murder and hide the murders out of the fear the saudis might cut production. In the US, having a second generation oil pimp at the helm is a problem too. I know nothing will change as long as big oil has such a corrupting influence on US politics and policies. The civilized world should of started to wean themselves from oil back in the 70's. What a wonderfull world it would be if the middle east had the power they are worthy of and deserve-NONE, and my car ran on water.
I do not own a Replay or a Tivo but I do own MANY VCRS. Everything I watch has been previously recorded. I will never own anything (knowingly) that was designed to spy on me! It has always pissed me off that Replay and Tivo were allowed to build such an invasive and easily exploitable privacy invading device! I have no sympathy for the people who own them and their compromised privacy, they knew what they were buying. I am also not surprised that the entertainment industry has found a way to use this technology against us! I am only surprised it has taken them so long.
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Every day our privacy and rights are being compromised by the rich and powerful corporations who are allowed to buy government protection for their stupid business practices. I am so sick of their attitude; "we made billions before so we are entitled to continue making billions regardless of what is/has happened in the real world"!
It would be great if somone could come up with a "patch", that could be easily installed, would skew the logging beyond the point of uselessness, and send a message like "encroachment on my privacy strictly forbidden". There is little chance of this I am affraid. There is also little chance of stopping the entertainment industry from dictating the conditions of our surrender. After all they have the money and the (paid for) government on their side. Enjoy your remaing "fair use" while you have it.
On the bright side, after the entertainment industry has succeeded in hosing all of us (their customers) with all of their restrictions, regulations, hard-wired encryption, etc. etc. we will have more time to read books or go to the park. God knows it will be way to difficult to watch a sitcom or listen to music.
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I am glad FOX is dropping it from their lineup, the stench is overwhelming. The beginning of the end was the MOVIE.