I want to pay for my content directly. I don't watch 99% of what the cable company sends me, but I have to pay for it anyways. I'd much rather just pay for individual episodes of some of my favorite shows
I would bet this ends up being a bad equation for the consumer. $40 for 99 channels of basic cable 24/7 vs. $2 per episode, say five shows you like, four shows a month is $40 for just 12hrs of programming. This isn't a good idea if you ask me.
anyone else remember that when you d/l'd porn line by line at 9600 you could see that the top line in a trinitron monitor usually lined up with the nipples on a full body shot?
Awww crap... I'll start stacking the stones for all the heretics and homos.
I loved OSC's stories 'till I started reading the mans politics. He's a skinny, less drug addled (yet more crazy) Rush Limbaugh.
Who hath mine queer bashing schythe?
If I were to go freelance I'd work only for Willy Wonka. And then only if he gave me my own Oompah Loompah assistant and a chocholate PDA.
Hourly rate has to figure in the market for those said skills. Sprint just lay off 200 IT people? Your UNIX skills won't get you jack in KC for the next year or two then.
Does anyone make a soundcard with a built in D-A-D converter? How can copy protection schemes (the "business innovation opportunities" RIAA boy spouts about) be made to prevent the terribly weak analog link in their protection chain from breaking? Is it a matter of "oh, that's too much trouble for the average consumer"?
but I can't. I don't like the idea of the FCC taking away broadcast TV, but I don't think there are too many markets that could justifiably be called "underserved" if the UHF spectrum was taken away. VHF is all we really need at this point, in my off the cuff opinion. I vote that UHF should be opened up to anyone with a broadcast booth and the balls to use it. Reasonable signal strength limits would be the only control I'd ask for. Otherwise let the porn rule, and let all the other good stuff that comes with unlimited free speach happen too. Broadcast would no longer be "superfluous" then.
basically, I don't like the FCC, but I don't know just how necessary an evil they are.
ohhh... would love to see this Proyas movie contrasted against the overly sweet, terribly shallow Robin Williams Bicentennial Man.
I'm ok with them learning to make Asimov movies on the robots, that way they'll know what they're doing before they f'k up Foundation....Though, oddly enough, I like the robot books a lot more than the Foundation books.
is it this?: http://www.twbookmark.com/books/44/0446670626/
It will be interesting to see which story threads they pick out.
The fact that the BM movie wasn't called out for the crap that it was by the critics gives me hope that they respect the good Dr. enough to properly appreciate a worthy adaptation. (They didn't exactly recommend BM, but, I believe out of respect for the original work, they didn't shred it to bits either)
If they get ID4's effects budget, MIB's style, StarWars Episode 4 credibility, and stay far far away from MIB II's pandering silliness it should be a hit. The fact that Will Smith has either been phoning it in (MIB II) or really challenging himself (Ali), combined with the choice of directors, gives me hope that it will be a good movie.
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I want to pay for my content directly. I don't watch 99% of what the cable company sends me, but I have to pay for it anyways. I'd much rather just pay for individual episodes of some of my favorite shows I would bet this ends up being a bad equation for the consumer. $40 for 99 channels of basic cable 24/7 vs. $2 per episode, say five shows you like, four shows a month is $40 for just 12hrs of programming. This isn't a good idea if you ask me.
anyone else remember that when you d/l'd porn line by line at 9600 you could see that the top line in a trinitron monitor usually lined up with the nipples on a full body shot?
Awww crap... I'll start stacking the stones for all the heretics and homos. I loved OSC's stories 'till I started reading the mans politics. He's a skinny, less drug addled (yet more crazy) Rush Limbaugh. Who hath mine queer bashing schythe?
If I were to go freelance I'd work only for Willy Wonka. And then only if he gave me my own Oompah Loompah assistant and a chocholate PDA. Hourly rate has to figure in the market for those said skills. Sprint just lay off 200 IT people? Your UNIX skills won't get you jack in KC for the next year or two then.
Does anyone make a soundcard with a built in D-A-D converter? How can copy protection schemes (the "business innovation opportunities" RIAA boy spouts about) be made to prevent the terribly weak analog link in their protection chain from breaking? Is it a matter of "oh, that's too much trouble for the average consumer"?
but I can't. I don't like the idea of the FCC taking away broadcast TV, but I don't think there are too many markets that could justifiably be called "underserved" if the UHF spectrum was taken away. VHF is all we really need at this point, in my off the cuff opinion. I vote that UHF should be opened up to anyone with a broadcast booth and the balls to use it. Reasonable signal strength limits would be the only control I'd ask for. Otherwise let the porn rule, and let all the other good stuff that comes with unlimited free speach happen too. Broadcast would no longer be "superfluous" then. basically, I don't like the FCC, but I don't know just how necessary an evil they are.
ohhh... would love to see this Proyas movie contrasted against the overly sweet, terribly shallow Robin Williams Bicentennial Man. I'm ok with them learning to make Asimov movies on the robots, that way they'll know what they're doing before they f'k up Foundation. ...Though, oddly enough, I like the robot books a lot more than the Foundation books.
is it this?: http://www.twbookmark.com/books/44/0446670626/
It will be interesting to see which story threads they pick out.
The fact that the BM movie wasn't called out for the crap that it was by the critics gives me hope that they respect the good Dr. enough to properly appreciate a worthy adaptation. (They didn't exactly recommend BM, but, I believe out of respect for the original work, they didn't shred it to bits either)
If they get ID4's effects budget, MIB's style, StarWars Episode 4 credibility, and stay far far away from MIB II's pandering silliness it should be a hit. The fact that Will Smith has either been phoning it in (MIB II) or really challenging himself (Ali), combined with the choice of directors, gives me hope that it will be a good movie.