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How is this basic service much different from a PVR that you can build yourself?
It's different in that you don't have to be a geek to have a PVR. Yes, slashdotters can build their own out of a couple of tin cans and some legos, but if Tivo wants real market penetration with the upcoming offerings from the Cable companies they are going to need to get these boxes in as many homes as possible. Bundling the Tivo with a DVD player and offering a free basic service will accomplish that very well..and believe me (a current Tivo user) once someone gets a taste of what Tivo can offer, they will be hooked and will opt for the monthly "premium" subscription or buy a lifetime subscription.
A new prince of persia,
DOA 4
Doom 3
Myst Online
The Sims 2
Half-Life 2
Am I the only person getting the feeling that the Entertainment industry needs a kick in the creative pants for something original? They are almost as bad as hollywood now.
Morpheus never died in the first one and the Matrix was never "beaten" in the first one. Neo just became self aware and was able to break the rules of the Matrix. The matrix itself was alive and kicking though for 4 billion or so people still plugged in.
Of course, I'm only going off of what was in the original release, maybe they left some scenes off and included them in the $79.99 limited special collectors edition that I didn't see.
Yes, users can choose their own wallpaper etc. - but what's wrong with that?
Exactly, Kids should be allowed to put goatse.cx as their wallpaper on the school computers in the library.
I refuse to put that ugly shark fin on my new sports car! Too bad they could not figure out a way to just replace/reuse/recycle the old antenna. Since the shark fin has to be at the highest point of a car, where would you mount such a thing on a Jeep Wrangler or VW Cabriolet anyway?
The Trek ones look like small black computer mice and it sits rather attractively on the trunk lid of my 98 Mustang GT partialy obstructed by the spoiler. Definately not the highest point of the car, but it works flawlessly and I can only count 2 places in all my driving where I actually lose signal (both underneath north/south running overpasses). Used XM in DC, Baltimore and Philly just fine
I really hope XM is able to survive. It has a chance if it stays up long enough. I personally know 3 other people who have XM with me and none of us can ever think about going back to the commerical laden top 40 stations trying to pass themselves off as "alternative progressive rock".
The problem isn't subscriber retainership, its attracting new subscribers. I think there business model should have been structured around giving away free hardware (or atleast a reduced price much like gaming consoles) and making up for the loss in a slightly higher monthly subscription fee. After 2 years or so the hardware is yours, if you cancel the service before 2 years, you must return the hardware.
Shouldn't this be considered some sort of hack attempt by some group of lawmakers? Their "service" is basically hiding itself by tunneling though a port its not supposed to go though to get to the target machine,circumventing security measures on the firewall. That should sound like hacking to non-technical savvy group of judges.
Well...atleast my teachers and vice principal back in High School thought I was hacking the school computers when I sent out a message using netsend proclaiming my love/lust for one of the cheerleaders...
Unfortunately if AOL goes belly up it will be harder to seperate the idiots from the masses of online users. Atleast when they were on AOL they had the.aol tagged to the end of their email addy so you could easily tag them as cattle and not waste your time discussing things with them hoping for an intelligent converstaion..now they will be amoung us and look no different than you or I.
Maybe I'm missing something here, but on what grounds would Microsoft have for shutting down mod chip manufacturers? It would be like Ford shutting down one of the hundreds of after market shops out there that tinker with their mustangs.
I just don't see it.
There is an old saying that if you lie down with dogs, you're going to get fleas.
I don't know why anyone is surprised or outraged that a company who's product allows people to steal music may not be completely trustworthy. You can argue that these p2p applications are file swapping applications and not music stealing tools until you're blue in the face but everyone knows its primarily used to get music without paying for it.
Go ahead and mark me as troll
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How is this basic service much different from a PVR that you can build yourself? It's different in that you don't have to be a geek to have a PVR. Yes, slashdotters can build their own out of a couple of tin cans and some legos, but if Tivo wants real market penetration with the upcoming offerings from the Cable companies they are going to need to get these boxes in as many homes as possible. Bundling the Tivo with a DVD player and offering a free basic service will accomplish that very well..and believe me (a current Tivo user) once someone gets a taste of what Tivo can offer, they will be hooked and will opt for the monthly "premium" subscription or buy a lifetime subscription.
A new prince of persia, DOA 4 Doom 3 Myst Online The Sims 2 Half-Life 2
Am I the only person getting the feeling that the Entertainment industry needs a kick in the creative pants for something original? They are almost as bad as hollywood now.
That screenshot looks like starcraft and the sims had a love child.
Morpheus never died in the first one and the Matrix was never "beaten" in the first one. Neo just became self aware and was able to break the rules of the Matrix. The matrix itself was alive and kicking though for 4 billion or so people still plugged in.
Of course, I'm only going off of what was in the original release, maybe they left some scenes off and included them in the $79.99 limited special collectors edition that I didn't see.
Yes, users can choose their own wallpaper etc. - but what's wrong with that? Exactly, Kids should be allowed to put goatse.cx as their wallpaper on the school computers in the library.
I refuse to put that ugly shark fin on my new sports car! Too bad they could not figure out a way to just replace/reuse/recycle the old antenna. Since the shark fin has to be at the highest point of a car, where would you mount such a thing on a Jeep Wrangler or VW Cabriolet anyway? The Trek ones look like small black computer mice and it sits rather attractively on the trunk lid of my 98 Mustang GT partialy obstructed by the spoiler. Definately not the highest point of the car, but it works flawlessly and I can only count 2 places in all my driving where I actually lose signal (both underneath north/south running overpasses). Used XM in DC, Baltimore and Philly just fine
I really hope XM is able to survive. It has a chance if it stays up long enough. I personally know 3 other people who have XM with me and none of us can ever think about going back to the commerical laden top 40 stations trying to pass themselves off as "alternative progressive rock". The problem isn't subscriber retainership, its attracting new subscribers. I think there business model should have been structured around giving away free hardware (or atleast a reduced price much like gaming consoles) and making up for the loss in a slightly higher monthly subscription fee. After 2 years or so the hardware is yours, if you cancel the service before 2 years, you must return the hardware.
Shouldn't this be considered some sort of hack attempt by some group of lawmakers? Their "service" is basically hiding itself by tunneling though a port its not supposed to go though to get to the target machine,circumventing security measures on the firewall. That should sound like hacking to non-technical savvy group of judges. Well...atleast my teachers and vice principal back in High School thought I was hacking the school computers when I sent out a message using netsend proclaiming my love/lust for one of the cheerleaders...
Unfortunately if AOL goes belly up it will be harder to seperate the idiots from the masses of online users. Atleast when they were on AOL they had the .aol tagged to the end of their email addy so you could easily tag them as cattle and not waste your time discussing things with them hoping for an intelligent converstaion..now they will be amoung us and look no different than you or I.
Maybe I'm missing something here, but on what grounds would Microsoft have for shutting down mod chip manufacturers? It would be like Ford shutting down one of the hundreds of after market shops out there that tinker with their mustangs. I just don't see it.
There is an old saying that if you lie down with dogs, you're going to get fleas. I don't know why anyone is surprised or outraged that a company who's product allows people to steal music may not be completely trustworthy. You can argue that these p2p applications are file swapping applications and not music stealing tools until you're blue in the face but everyone knows its primarily used to get music without paying for it. Go ahead and mark me as troll