Most likely they were caused by his internet provider.
So, a net neutrality problem then?
Showtime should just refund anyone who had problems their $100. And then go after the ISPs for throttling or otherwise harming their streaming feed and costing them the refund.
violated Satoshi's and a billion other people's privacy
They violated Satoshi's privacy just for the practice. They violated a billion other's privacy to build a baseline corpus to tune their search application.
Why identify Satoshi Nakamoto? Wouldn't it be of more use to identify the users of Bitcoin?
On the other hand, public knowledge (at some point) of Satoshi's identity could serve to protect him against pressure or retribution from the TLAs. If he or his associates can prove his identity, the gov't or banks can't very well engineer his disappearance.
gladly give control to a network studio to make any changes they wanted?
Yes.
have to make it TV friendly to pass the censors
Cutting the dialog about the 47 Ronin out of the movie Ronin has absolutely nothing to do with censorship. Not a naughty word or thought in that. But if you don't know the story, the movie doesn't make sense. So there's a cut that the networks made and the studio presumably either signed off on (which I find hard to believe), or had no control over (much more likely) when they handed complete editorial control over to the network.
So, yes. There is precedent for studios handing creative control over to a distribution channel. Just to reach their viewers. The difference here is that the studios don't consider VidAngel's market to be worth reaching. Not that there is some noble principal at work here.
Like the old joke, the studios have already established how big a slut they are. They are just arguing over the price.
Do you really think a studio would sign off on an uncontroversial edit (no naughty bits, no violence or bad language) that butchers the plot line of their movie?
I suspect that the networks do in fact do exactly this. Because I've seen a few movies made and then broadcast with significant differences in the amount of censoring done. Depending on which network they are shown on. The Ten Commandments immediately comes to mind. Specifically, that see-through gown that Anne Baxter wears. Some blur it out. Others don't.
That's why you don't see NBC selling their version on Bluray or DVD.
NBC doesn't buy the rights to release discs. If they did, they could release nipples/no nipples versions. Another anecdote: When a local network aired Ronin, they cut out the part where Michael Lonsdale tells the story of the 47 Ronin. Without that (and if you don't know the actual background) the plot of the movie is unintelligible. I doubt the studio signed off on that change. The network just figured that this would be a good place for an ad. So yes; networks screw with content once they buy the rights.
History should also remember all those Dark Ages monks who scrapped the text off of ancient scientific texts to make prayer books. You might want to give credit to mathematicians for (re)inventing this stuff a few hundred years ago. I'd like to know where we would be if science and math hadn't been set back by a few millennia.
I suppose VidAngel could actually step up and buy the rights to cut and re-release StarWars without the 'naughty bits'. Just like the TV networks do with movies like Original Sin or Don't Look Now. But I suspect the market for the sanitized versions of such films is so small that the studios just can't be bothered. On the other hand, if the money is good enough, studios will butcher almost anything. I imaging we could even get a version where the Titanic doesn't sink. It's all about money and if some people want to live out on the fringes of our society they have to do so at their own expense.
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
Anonymous currencies (which Bitcoin really isn't) and currencies not controlled by central banks (which Bitcoin is) are quite useful under authoritarian and/or despotic governments.
I expect Bitcion use to increase significantly in the USA over the next few years.
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Well, whatever that was, it didn't last long.
Most likely they were caused by his internet provider.
So, a net neutrality problem then?
Showtime should just refund anyone who had problems their $100. And then go after the ISPs for throttling or otherwise harming their streaming feed and costing them the refund.
to watch two large sweaty men
Large?
violated Satoshi's and a billion other people's privacy
They violated Satoshi's privacy just for the practice. They violated a billion other's privacy to build a baseline corpus to tune their search application.
There are applications that can 'Roget' written material. Google 'sinister buttocks'.
Why identify Satoshi Nakamoto? Wouldn't it be of more use to identify the users of Bitcoin?
On the other hand, public knowledge (at some point) of Satoshi's identity could serve to protect him against pressure or retribution from the TLAs. If he or his associates can prove his identity, the gov't or banks can't very well engineer his disappearance.
gladly give control to a network studio to make any changes they wanted?
Yes.
have to make it TV friendly to pass the censors
Cutting the dialog about the 47 Ronin out of the movie Ronin has absolutely nothing to do with censorship. Not a naughty word or thought in that. But if you don't know the story, the movie doesn't make sense. So there's a cut that the networks made and the studio presumably either signed off on (which I find hard to believe), or had no control over (much more likely) when they handed complete editorial control over to the network.
So, yes. There is precedent for studios handing creative control over to a distribution channel. Just to reach their viewers. The difference here is that the studios don't consider VidAngel's market to be worth reaching. Not that there is some noble principal at work here.
Like the old joke, the studios have already established how big a slut they are. They are just arguing over the price.
Seriously, I made a pinhole viewer out of a 10 foot piece of ABS pipe. I got a really nice image of 93% totality.
Do you think that a studio would grant a network (or anyone) the right to make any kind of edit they wanted thus forgoing all creative control.
Yes. Like cutting out key plot points (no obscenity, violence, etc.) just so they can fit an ad in instead of listening to the characters talk.
If they want to broadcast it on TV it is required that they make these changes.
The network can butcher a production just to fit in some extra advertising.
Certainly a network can work with a studio
Do you really think a studio would sign off on an uncontroversial edit (no naughty bits, no violence or bad language) that butchers the plot line of their movie?
I suspect that the networks do in fact do exactly this. Because I've seen a few movies made and then broadcast with significant differences in the amount of censoring done. Depending on which network they are shown on. The Ten Commandments immediately comes to mind. Specifically, that see-through gown that Anne Baxter wears. Some blur it out. Others don't.
That's why you don't see NBC selling their version on Bluray or DVD.
NBC doesn't buy the rights to release discs. If they did, they could release nipples/no nipples versions. Another anecdote: When a local network aired Ronin, they cut out the part where Michael Lonsdale tells the story of the 47 Ronin. Without that (and if you don't know the actual background) the plot of the movie is unintelligible. I doubt the studio signed off on that change. The network just figured that this would be a good place for an ad. So yes; networks screw with content once they buy the rights.
Just as long as they acknowledge the value of that information when they take it from me. And compensate me for it properly.
History should also remember all those Dark Ages monks who scrapped the text off of ancient scientific texts to make prayer books. You might want to give credit to mathematicians for (re)inventing this stuff a few hundred years ago. I'd like to know where we would be if science and math hadn't been set back by a few millennia.
Are they the ones who came up with appending "using the Internet" on new patent applications?
Dead batteries. And no way to replace them.
An education isn't that difficult to come by if everything you need to know is contained in one book.
I suppose VidAngel could actually step up and buy the rights to cut and re-release StarWars without the 'naughty bits'. Just like the TV networks do with movies like Original Sin or Don't Look Now. But I suspect the market for the sanitized versions of such films is so small that the studios just can't be bothered. On the other hand, if the money is good enough, studios will butcher almost anything. I imaging we could even get a version where the Titanic doesn't sink. It's all about money and if some people want to live out on the fringes of our society they have to do so at their own expense.
Perfect opportunity to develop swapable battery packs.
Advertisers are idiots.
I go on line and search for something. I find a good deal and buy it. NOW they start popping up ads for that thing*.
*A specialty tool for fixing my car. It's likely I will never need another.
So, do you deny them your essence?
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
When will I be able to pick up such a TV antenna at my local Radio Shack?
Came to post something like this.
Anonymous currencies (which Bitcoin really isn't) and currencies not controlled by central banks (which Bitcoin is) are quite useful under authoritarian and/or despotic governments.
I expect Bitcion use to increase significantly in the USA over the next few years.