Re:I look forward to the imminent death of TV!
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I can't get Five where I live.:(
I look forward to the imminent death of TV!
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Most TV programs are sold through syndication to TV Broadcasters who then sell advertisements. Normally you have your block of times when all the "hit" programs are on shown. Commercials shown during this time are more lightly to be watched or recorded then at any other time. On a VCR it's not as easy to edit out the ads (as VRCs with this function were stopped a while back).
Why will TV die? An example of one show is the current series of Joey the Friends spin off. At the movement this can't be seen in Ireland or I believe the UK as the Syndication costs were too high and not worth the risk. People in those countries can only see this TV show if they download them off the web or have someone tape the show and then ship it to them, back in the day I saw many a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode this way.
The world has moved on from TV, Radio & VCR as a way mass-distribution. What do the TV people expect when people can't view what they when they want to watch it!?! Why should they be discriminated against? Why should someone in Ireland have to wait and not get to see the show at the exact same time as the people in the US? I bought my copy of Half-Life 2 from Steam as I knew come 8am GMT I would be able to start playing the game like anyone in the US. In fact this even worked out better for me as I got a goodnights sleep before getting up for my marathon gaming session.
I can't wait till the day when I don't need a TV or TV-Tuner card in my PC. I would love to be able to go direct to the Broadcasters' homepage and view the show online, using the same type of format as VALVe Steam pre-purchase downloads. Select the list of show you want to watch then download them. They sit on your PC till it's validated from the main web server for viewing.
I'm a busy man, I want to watch these shows at my convenience. The current format doesn't meet this requirement so I don't watch any TV beyond the News. There are other ways I can get to see what I want to see. I choose convenience over the current programming schedule.
So why does this Peter guy think he's Aesop? Or even God!? Saying this is what's Moral???
If the character (i.e. Player) is making moral decision and being judged on them then there must be a Moral Code in this game and who is to say this is the right moral code? It's just one person version of morality. I hope there's a mod pack so I can create my own moral vision of the world, which Peter might feel is immoral but to me is how it should be. This game shouldn't be called Fable but 'The Last Judgement' as that's what Peter is in fact doing.
It looks like computer games are now going to takeover the role of teaching the young and easily lead what's right and wrong. If you ask me GTA 3 is a better tool for teaching morals, it's more real life.
What happen to the Plan 9 OS. From what I read about it a couple of years ago it was trying to do something like what these guys what.
Also something like this would be more dangrous then M$ Windows... As you would no longer have full control over your PC's usage. It might be because I'm reading 1984 at the moment, but the idea of all computers linked at an OS level doesn't appeal. As some else has already pointed out, its just ripe for a killer virus. Not only that you would also loss your privacy, as you know there's going to be Bugs;)
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I can't get Five where I live. :(
Most TV programs are sold through syndication to TV Broadcasters who then sell advertisements. Normally you have your block of times when all the "hit" programs are on shown. Commercials shown during this time are more lightly to be watched or recorded then at any other time. On a VCR it's not as easy to edit out the ads (as VRCs with this function were stopped a while back).
Why will TV die? An example of one show is the current series of Joey the Friends spin off. At the movement this can't be seen in Ireland or I believe the UK as the Syndication costs were too high and not worth the risk. People in those countries can only see this TV show if they download them off the web or have someone tape the show and then ship it to them, back in the day I saw many a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode this way.
The world has moved on from TV, Radio & VCR as a way mass-distribution. What do the TV people expect when people can't view what they when they want to watch it!?! Why should they be discriminated against? Why should someone in Ireland have to wait and not get to see the show at the exact same time as the people in the US? I bought my copy of Half-Life 2 from Steam as I knew come 8am GMT I would be able to start playing the game like anyone in the US. In fact this even worked out better for me as I got a goodnights sleep before getting up for my marathon gaming session.
I can't wait till the day when I don't need a TV or TV-Tuner card in my PC. I would love to be able to go direct to the Broadcasters' homepage and view the show online, using the same type of format as VALVe Steam pre-purchase downloads. Select the list of show you want to watch then download them. They sit on your PC till it's validated from the main web server for viewing.
I'm a busy man, I want to watch these shows at my convenience. The current format doesn't meet this requirement so I don't watch any TV beyond the News. There are other ways I can get to see what I want to see. I choose convenience over the current programming schedule.
So why does this Peter guy think he's Aesop? Or even God!? Saying this is what's Moral???
If the character (i.e. Player) is making moral decision and being judged on them then there must be a Moral Code in this game and who is to say this is the right moral code? It's just one person version of morality. I hope there's a mod pack so I can create my own moral vision of the world, which Peter might feel is immoral but to me is how it should be. This game shouldn't be called Fable but 'The Last Judgement' as that's what Peter is in fact doing.
It looks like computer games are now going to takeover the role of teaching the young and easily lead what's right and wrong. If you ask me GTA 3 is a better tool for teaching morals, it's more real life.
What happen to the Plan 9 OS. From what I read about it a couple of years ago it was trying to do something like what these guys what.
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Also something like this would be more dangrous then M$ Windows... As you would no longer have full control over your PC's usage. It might be because I'm reading 1984 at the moment, but the idea of all computers linked at an OS level doesn't appeal. As some else has already pointed out, its just ripe for a killer virus. Not only that you would also loss your privacy, as you know there's going to be Bugs