I was just trying to be a little bit sarcastic, in that I (and many many many others) were using VCRs in the 1980s to "watch whatever I want, whenever I want"... and nowadays (and for the last decade for me) with DVRs.
It's not a new thing.
And yet, somehow the networks still don't get it... Look at the international release delays, among other things...
It is also about watching whatever you want, whenever you want. Not just Thursdays at 9:00... People no longer want to schedule their lives around the broadcast schedule.
Welcome to the 1980s, houstonbofh.
We got there a long time ago. Content companies are still figuring it out.
It is also about watching whatever you want, whenever you want. Not just Thursdays at 9:00... People no longer want to schedule their lives around the broadcast schedule.
But, but, but, the free market will solve this problem right? It solves everything!
It could... The free market gave is Bell Labs and Xerox PARC. But it required an openness and lack of government regulation that is missing today. Bell Labs was only well funded when Bell was a monoply. TANSTAAFL
Not just research... EVERYTHING is totally risk averse. This is why every new song sounds and looks the same. Why we keep getting remakes, reboots, and blatent copies of the same old story over and over in the movies. There is a "patch" for this with the indie film community and the indie music scene. An indie research community would be cool, but they keep arresting people trying to do basic chemistry at home. http://io9.com/5119166/teen-wi...
Different link. Remicks vs re-micks... In other words, they had it in more than one place. A little harder to fight wilful infringement when you have not really taken it down.:)
For real business purposes, though, you'd be bonkers to accept bitcoins.
Why? It has value. And companies willing to process it for you and convert directly into your currency of choice. And due to it's nature, it is actually harder for the merchant to be defrauded than with regular credit cards... Not sure where the downside here is, especially if they are not holding them.
Ebola isn't realistic either. You'd get more results with empty glass vials and a written "Deadly Ebola" label in a few dozen big malls.
The widespread panic would have the same effect for much less cost.
Considering that the goal of a terrorist is to spread terror, having a documented case of getting ebola could be very effective. http://www.nydailynews.com/new... Oh, wait...
I guess I should have said weaponed or actually dangerous plague, as opposed to the stuff we see in the ERs from time to time that does not even make the news...
Is the "19-page document in Arabic on how to develop biological weapons" a viable plan, or wishfull thinking? Getting ahold if bubonic plague is not exactly easy. If it was ebola, that would be easier...
Some say no, others stop going to those places because they got tired of assholes trying to sell them crap they don't want. Of course, the first group is way larger so it's worth losing the business of the second group.
they can, just borrow $100 billion to build out a network, negotiate with every redneck and podunk town to get franchise rights to run their cables and spend more money for marketing to get customers
Or, pull a Google, and do one town at a time and watch the incumbents suddenly offer free peerage and lower rates.
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Yes, "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:" is hard...
Lol! I was thinking the same thing. Last time I was at a friend's who has it we spent 10 minutes not finding anything to watch.
I was just trying to be a little bit sarcastic, in that I (and many many many others) were using VCRs in the 1980s to "watch whatever I want, whenever I want"... and nowadays (and for the last decade for me) with DVRs.
It's not a new thing.
And yet, somehow the networks still don't get it... Look at the international release delays, among other things...
Welcome to the 1980s, houstonbofh.
We got there a long time ago. Content companies are still figuring it out.
It is also about watching whatever you want, whenever you want. Not just Thursdays at 9:00... People no longer want to schedule their lives around the broadcast schedule.
There are 10 kinds of people in this world; Those that know binary and those that don't.
And the marketing idiots that came up with that crap are firmly in the "don't" group!
Also look at the father of pfSense, m0n0wall. Leaner, so it can run on lighter hardware.
But, but, but, the free market will solve this problem right? It solves everything!
It could... The free market gave is Bell Labs and Xerox PARC. But it required an openness and lack of government regulation that is missing today. Bell Labs was only well funded when Bell was a monoply. TANSTAAFL
Prvate funding is more risk averse, and more short term than public... In today's business climate, long term thinking is the quarter after next.
Not just research... EVERYTHING is totally risk averse. This is why every new song sounds and looks the same. Why we keep getting remakes, reboots, and blatent copies of the same old story over and over in the movies. There is a "patch" for this with the indie film community and the indie music scene. An indie research community would be cool, but they keep arresting people trying to do basic chemistry at home. http://io9.com/5119166/teen-wi...
Different link. Remicks vs re-micks... In other words, they had it in more than one place. A little harder to fight wilful infringement when you have not really taken it down. :)
Not to mention that Disney is so big it does not know what it is doing... For example,
This is blocked.
http://video.disney.com/watch/...
This works...
http://video.disney.com/watch/...
Sound like wilful infringement to me...
Then don't buy the problematic hardware.
Which is what the guy asking the question is trying to do...
Yet, almost everyone I know has Internet in their phone, and almost none of the use bitcoin...
User snaps a photo of it with their smartphone. Bitcoin app on phone decodes it, and sends payment to the address specified.
That just shifts costs from the merchant to the buyer, who now has to pay the telco a recurring fee for a cellular data connection.
And no one is doing that now, without bitcoin. This is like trying to include the cost of an electric generating plant in the price of a toaster.
I don't see who would be willing to pay $400 per year to subscribe to 4G just to be able to spend bitcoins.
Because that is the only reason to have portable Internet, of course...
For real business purposes, though, you'd be bonkers to accept bitcoins.
Why? It has value. And companies willing to process it for you and convert directly into your currency of choice. And due to it's nature, it is actually harder for the merchant to be defrauded than with regular credit cards... Not sure where the downside here is, especially if they are not holding them.
Ebola isn't realistic either. You'd get more results with empty glass vials and a written "Deadly Ebola" label in a few dozen big malls.
The widespread panic would have the same effect for much less cost.
Considering that the goal of a terrorist is to spread terror, having a documented case of getting ebola could be very effective. http://www.nydailynews.com/new... Oh, wait...
I guess I should have said weaponed or actually dangerous plague, as opposed to the stuff we see in the ERs from time to time that does not even make the news...
Is the "19-page document in Arabic on how to develop biological weapons" a viable plan, or wishfull thinking? Getting ahold if bubonic plague is not exactly easy. If it was ebola, that would be easier...
So all that "slippery slope" shit from 10 years ago doesn't seem so stupid now, does it?
You mean an "Overnight Success" really isn't overnight?
Some say no, others stop going to those places because they got tired of assholes trying to sell them crap they don't want. Of course, the first group is way larger so it's worth losing the business of the second group.
Amazon would disagree...
they can, just borrow $100 billion to build out a network, negotiate with every redneck and podunk town to get franchise rights to run their cables and spend more money for marketing to get customers
Or, pull a Google, and do one town at a time and watch the incumbents suddenly offer free peerage and lower rates.
I am sorry, but well written, reasoned, and logical posts about bitcoin are not allowed.