Wouldnt eliminating exclusive contracts for stuff like the super bowl eliminate this problem. Like for example howard stern dont like it dont listen to it but with the super bowl, cant really do that. If there was a 'christian right' channel that showed it as well with their own halftime show / ads etc...
First off Disclaimer: I am a Dean fan but i'm not saying he's worth anything or the real thing etc
He raised money without using corporate donors and advocated breaking up media monopolies (His interview with Tim Russert during the primaries). The media cremated him and there was nothing we could do about it. My point being even despite people being willing to fund something that they 'perceive' (rightly or wrongly) to be better , the chances of them being able to get away with it are negligible. Viva le corporate power.
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Ditto. I download TV episodes mostly despite having cable TV b/c its more convenient to me not to mention the fact that shows are aired first in one country or the other (Stargate/Canada for example) and most people (including me) aren't patient enough to wait for a few months for it to come over to ur local cable channels. Provide me with a cheap (heck even ad-subsidized) version a la iTunes and I would gladly purchase it.
I've been trying to get MythTV running with non fully supported hardware (PVR 150) and am having a hard time even understanding the instructions much less being able to successfully install the driver / modprobe / load drivers non-automagically etc. Albeit somewhat of a newbie on Linux I have been using Winxx since well 3.0 so not exactly a complete neophyte to OS/Driver weirdness. Maybe there should be a unified windows to linux help site. What do you do from where etc? (windows device manager driver install equivalent in each distro etc etc)
Things like Firefox and Gaim are pretty well-done, but they aren't replacements for commercial software; they are replacements for shitty free software like Internet Explorer and AIM.
Just wondering how much better Opera is compared to Firefox (only $$$ browser I can think of). I don't use GAIM so can't compare it but Firefox seemed to me at least in terms of usability to be better then both Opera and IE.
How would encryption help? I somehow doubt they simply listen to packets and inspect their contents for infringing material. If theres a site (suprnova like) or client (kazaalike) any client can/will see whoever else is sharing the content 'he' is downloading regardless of encryption? Don't see how you can prevent the RIAA from doing searches and downloads like the avg downloader would?
Most of these guys are presumably geeks just like you and I n love the idea of human space travel and moving beyond our planet etc. Half the people on slashdot would be doing the exact same thing if they had ungodly amounts of money to burn.
To infinity and beyond?;):)
If they do it right and keep the price it will reduce piracy significantly, a lot of people download episodes of tv shows off the net because of scheduling conflicts and because of earlier availability in other countries. They've addressed at least that with movies being available at release date not to mention the ease of use.
Video on Demand over IP is what will hopefully end the cable monopoly and if it actually gains acceptance with consumers eventually end conent producers monopolies as well. One can hope... (somehow always thought that stuff like this will be taken up in developing countries without as strong corp's as out here in the west. More power to India eh:))
Losing? Lost:) Land of the Free and the Brave
A German car salesman says that a year ago he was kidnapped in Europe, beaten and flown to a US-controlled jail in Afghanistan. Now the German government is collecting evidence to back up his story. James Meek hears Khaled el-Masri's account of life in America's secret offshore prison network
I think those that cling to dogmatic beliefs are usually in the minority but are vocal enough to drown out saner voices.
My point was our knowledge of 'everything' (religion and science) is largely imperfect and a work in progress, why cant people simply accept that they dont have the answers.
For this specific debate its framed as evolution is right or biblical creationism? All evidence supports evolution which obviously riles up creationists, how about the 'third' pov that creationists are misinterpreting the bible? (again extending my little knowledge of the quran to my non existant knowledge of the bible)
i'm muslim and nothing in the quran explicitly states anything 'refuting' evolution.
As someone else mentioned about the bible that it mentions creation extending from the seas to land (which is the order in which its currently believed evolution took place)
It may well be that the single 'creation' event was the big bang or maybe something else, but simply because ones 'understanding' of religion does not coincide with science does not mean that one has to attack science. Maybe our understanding of the bible , quran etc is flawed, maybe our 'current' understanding of science will improve and help our understanding of divinity. Whats wrong in simply saying we dont know enough about the universe to form accurate thoughts on its origin? (and i'm talkin about origin from a theological point of view)
One thing, exclude humanity from it altogether, just look @ the theory of natural selection and how it would over millenia upon millenia react to changes in environment and how species would naturally adapt etc. I'm not saying oooh evolution is fact but why be all self-absorbed about its, natural selection is more then self-evident, heck our artificial selection changes things so dramatically in short periods of time that nature + the course of millions of years, it would seem that large scale change would be inevitable. A bit OT but i've often wondered how that would affect humanity once we're a space faring race, would we slowly but surely evolve into various subspecies locally adapted etc
Now if only it could've had something like the Hauppauge PVR 350 (Hardware MPEG2 encoding / TV OUT), would've mdae the perfect settop box, hot aesthetically pleasing with a great price point:)
I guess i shouldnt be feeding a troll, despite whatever you think the bottom line is 3 million vietnamese were killed in the war vs a mere 60000 US Troops, just imagine for a second the sheer devastation the loss of that many lives wreaks.............
Does it matter if it was France, Britain, Russia or the US? The bottom line is it was 'a bunch of OUR' greedy western governments propping up a dictator for their agenda's knowing full well that he was a mass murderer. Heck check out the UN's voting record we (and i'm not talking about solely one country) vetoed condemnation of his use of chemical weapons. We actually elect our own governments and are hence responsible for what they do (as opposed to dictators like Saddam) yet the ones that are dying in the 10s of thousands are Iraqis instead of Americans, British and French etc... Dont particularly see the justice... only hypocrisy
Hope I dont come across as insulting but the bottom line is it is a class war. The example of Saddam Hussein killing Turks and Kurds was the same thing, those with power and money wanting to put down Iran. They used Saddam, gave him the horrible weapons he used against both Irani soldiers and Iraqi civilians. It doesnt matter if the perps were solely from the Reagan administration or the Thatcher administration or the French or Russian. The bottom line is and was that human beings (western ppl like you and eastern ppl like the poor iraqi and irani saps) are considered expendable and unless we the people stop allowing those in power to use us we (regardless of which nation state we belong to) will continue to be killed to further someone elses agenda. I hope I didnt sound patronizing but from where I stand, Bush Blair Saddam the Saudi leaders Ariel Sharon , the late Arafat are all equally culpable and all equally evil. Please read the following if/when you have some spare time.
Mesopotamia. Babylon. The Tigris and Euphrates by Arundhati Roy
Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy (Buy One, Get One Free) by Arundhati Roy
For the average person I agree. (as a geek I want to setup MythTV with HDTV and direct recording of the data stream, dont think thats currently possible at all:(). But as MythTV and ilk mature, chances are we'll see some company use the code to offer their own product and polish it up for the end user (a la Linksys / Sveasoft etc):)
How many people actually use anything else?
There's a huge segment of people that just want it to work? Grandma's anyone? Heck had a friend in college over last week (bio major) and her laptop had nothing but the major IM clients installed, not even a word processor.
A lot of people (not saying the majority) primarily use computers for communication (IM/Email/Browsing which nicely covers email).
Make a simple/cheap device that can do those over a network (web msn / aim express/ gmail hmm maybe we're already there...) and you'll have converts.
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Wouldnt eliminating exclusive contracts for stuff like the super bowl eliminate this problem. Like for example howard stern dont like it dont listen to it but with the super bowl, cant really do that. If there was a 'christian right' channel that showed it as well with their own halftime show / ads etc...
First off Disclaimer: I am a Dean fan but i'm not saying he's worth anything or the real thing etc
He raised money without using corporate donors and advocated breaking up media monopolies (His interview with Tim Russert during the primaries). The media cremated him and there was nothing we could do about it. My point being even despite people being willing to fund something that they 'perceive' (rightly or wrongly) to be better , the chances of them being able to get away with it are negligible. Viva le corporate power.
Sorry for the post being somewhat incoherent
Ditto. I download TV episodes mostly despite having cable TV b/c its more convenient to me not to mention the fact that shows are aired first in one country or the other (Stargate/Canada for example) and most people (including me) aren't patient enough to wait for a few months for it to come over to ur local cable channels. Provide me with a cheap (heck even ad-subsidized) version a la iTunes and I would gladly purchase it.
How do I get registered? O:-)
I've been trying to get MythTV running with non fully supported hardware (PVR 150) and am having a hard time even understanding the instructions much less being able to successfully install the driver / modprobe / load drivers non-automagically etc. Albeit somewhat of a newbie on Linux I have been using Winxx since well 3.0 so not exactly a complete neophyte to OS/Driver weirdness. Maybe there should be a unified windows to linux help site. What do you do from where etc? (windows device manager driver install equivalent in each distro etc etc)
for 50 bucks /megabit of bandwidth, as much as u want?
Things like Firefox and Gaim are pretty well-done, but they aren't replacements for commercial software; they are replacements for shitty free software like Internet Explorer and AIM. Just wondering how much better Opera is compared to Firefox (only $$$ browser I can think of). I don't use GAIM so can't compare it but Firefox seemed to me at least in terms of usability to be better then both Opera and IE.
How would encryption help? I somehow doubt they simply listen to packets and inspect their contents for infringing material. If theres a site (suprnova like) or client (kazaalike) any client can/will see whoever else is sharing the content 'he' is downloading regardless of encryption? Don't see how you can prevent the RIAA from doing searches and downloads like the avg downloader would?
Check out Stargate SG1's "Fragile Balance" They explain everything, it was actually a rogue asgaurd that did it all!!! Thor said so O:-)
Most of these guys are presumably geeks just like you and I n love the idea of human space travel and moving beyond our planet etc. Half the people on slashdot would be doing the exact same thing if they had ungodly amounts of money to burn. ;) :)
To infinity and beyond?
If they do it right and keep the price it will reduce piracy significantly, a lot of people download episodes of tv shows off the net because of scheduling conflicts and because of earlier availability in other countries. They've addressed at least that with movies being available at release date not to mention the ease of use.
Video on Demand over IP is what will hopefully end the cable monopoly and if it actually gains acceptance with consumers eventually end conent producers monopolies as well. One can hope... (somehow always thought that stuff like this will be taken up in developing countries without as strong corp's as out here in the west. More power to India eh :))
Losing? Lost :)
Land of the Free and the Brave
A German car salesman says that a year ago he was kidnapped in Europe, beaten and flown to a US-controlled jail in Afghanistan. Now the German government is collecting evidence to back up his story. James Meek hears Khaled el-Masri's account of life in America's secret offshore prison network
I think those that cling to dogmatic beliefs are usually in the minority but are vocal enough to drown out saner voices.
My point was our knowledge of 'everything' (religion and science) is largely imperfect and a work in progress, why cant people simply accept that they dont have the answers.
For this specific debate its framed as evolution is right or biblical creationism? All evidence supports evolution which obviously riles up creationists, how about the 'third' pov that creationists are misinterpreting the bible? (again extending my little knowledge of the quran to my non existant knowledge of the bible)
i'm muslim and nothing in the quran explicitly states anything 'refuting' evolution.
As someone else mentioned about the bible that it mentions creation extending from the seas to land (which is the order in which its currently believed evolution took place)
It may well be that the single 'creation' event was the big bang or maybe something else, but simply because ones 'understanding' of religion does not coincide with science does not mean that one has to attack science. Maybe our understanding of the bible , quran etc is flawed, maybe our 'current' understanding of science will improve and help our understanding of divinity. Whats wrong in simply saying we dont know enough about the universe to form accurate thoughts on its origin? (and i'm talkin about origin from a theological point of view)
One thing, exclude humanity from it altogether, just look @ the theory of natural selection and how it would over millenia upon millenia react to changes in environment and how species would naturally adapt etc. I'm not saying oooh evolution is fact but why be all self-absorbed about its, natural selection is more then self-evident, heck our artificial selection changes things so dramatically in short periods of time that nature + the course of millions of years, it would seem that large scale change would be inevitable. A bit OT but i've often wondered how that would affect humanity once we're a space faring race, would we slowly but surely evolve into various subspecies locally adapted etc
How do you handle Video Out? Dont see a video out port only a DVI or you can use DVI to power HDTV etc? (I have an old SVideo capable set)
Now if only it could've had something like the Hauppauge PVR 350 (Hardware MPEG2 encoding / TV OUT), would've mdae the perfect settop box, hot aesthetically pleasing with a great price point :)
I guess i shouldnt be feeding a troll, despite whatever you think the bottom line is 3 million vietnamese were killed in the war vs a mere 60000 US Troops, just imagine for a second the sheer devastation the loss of that many lives wreaks.............
Does it matter if it was France, Britain, Russia or the US? The bottom line is it was 'a bunch of OUR' greedy western governments propping up a dictator for their agenda's knowing full well that he was a mass murderer. Heck check out the UN's voting record we (and i'm not talking about solely one country) vetoed condemnation of his use of chemical weapons. We actually elect our own governments and are hence responsible for what they do (as opposed to dictators like Saddam) yet the ones that are dying in the 10s of thousands are Iraqis instead of Americans, British and French etc... Dont particularly see the justice ... only hypocrisy
Another interesting bit about churchill
I am strongly in favor of using poisoned gas against uncivilized tribes - Churchill
Hope I dont come across as insulting but the bottom line is it is a class war. The example of Saddam Hussein killing Turks and Kurds was the same thing, those with power and money wanting to put down Iran. They used Saddam, gave him the horrible weapons he used against both Irani soldiers and Iraqi civilians. It doesnt matter if the perps were solely from the Reagan administration or the Thatcher administration or the French or Russian. The bottom line is and was that human beings (western ppl like you and eastern ppl like the poor iraqi and irani saps) are considered expendable and unless we the people stop allowing those in power to use us we (regardless of which nation state we belong to) will continue to be killed to further someone elses agenda. I hope I didnt sound patronizing but from where I stand, Bush Blair Saddam the Saudi leaders Ariel Sharon , the late Arafat are all equally culpable and all equally evil. Please read the following if/when you have some spare time.
Mesopotamia. Babylon. The Tigris and Euphrates by Arundhati Roy
Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy (Buy One, Get One Free) by Arundhati Roy
For the average person I agree. (as a geek I want to setup MythTV with HDTV and direct recording of the data stream, dont think thats currently possible at all :(). But as MythTV and ilk mature, chances are we'll see some company use the code to offer their own product and polish it up for the end user (a la Linksys / Sveasoft etc) :)
So how far can an average american that is anti war actually go? Just wondering what other possibilities there are out there?
How many people actually use anything else? /cheap device that can do those over a network (web msn / aim express/ gmail hmm maybe we're already there...) and you'll have converts.
There's a huge segment of people that just want it to work? Grandma's anyone? Heck had a friend in college over last week (bio major) and her laptop had nothing but the major IM clients installed, not even a word processor.
A lot of people (not saying the majority) primarily use computers for communication (IM/Email/Browsing which nicely covers email).
Make a simple