Surprised these haven't been mentioned:
WTF w/ Marc Maron: Think Studs Turkel with a dash of Woody Allen. Interviews mainly comics, but has had some really huge guests (like Obama!)
Doug Loves Movies: Movie gameshow with stoner Doug Benson and his panel of guests, in front of a live audience.
Slate's The Gist: Mike Pesca and guests dish up a nice 30 minutes of news commentary.
CrimeTown: Who knew Rhode Island was so mob friendly?
Like some other MacBook Pro users, I'm really examining other options for the first time -- My next laptop will probably be a Dell XPS with Ubuntu, and this after decades (30+) of Mac use. If I was Canonical and Dell, I'd be marketing the shit out of Apple's... change of direction? I heard this morning that Apple wants to start making movies. It really does appear that Apple would prefer the more lucrative services markets then the poor return on hardware. I can't say I really blame them, but it really does feel to me like OS X has moved past its peak developers moment.
My first computer was an Apple IIGS. I've owned more Macs then I can remember. I was responsible for Macs being adopted by my workplace. And yet, I very much doubt my next computer will be a Mac. Poor hardware choices are really the last straw. Chances are good my next rig will be a Dell XPS running Ubuntu.
Uber's arrogance and lack of co-operation makes them a company I don't choose to do with business with. Vote with your dollars, its apparently the only thing some people pay attention to.
I laugh every time someone rails against open-source. If only there was a company that has been successful building their business on open-source (google), or used open-source to improve their OS (apple), or even decided to ignore Microsoft's history of Linux FUD and adopt OS anyway (microsoft). Have you been to the valley?
Cable has shit the bed by maximizing cable profits to the detriment of the viewing experience (too many ads, extra fees for HD, too many bullshit channels) and now they complain that Netflix doesn't measure eyeballs the same way they do? Viewership ratings only matter to broadcasters that rely on advertising, Why should membership based Netflix be held to same metric? Who would that even benefit?
I think a more interesting question is whats happening on Hulu, which is having its cake (subscribers) and eating it too (shows ads).
I know of a supermicro server still in use, all original hardware, that was donated by Craigslist to my org about 10 years ago. Still works fine.
*knocks wood*
I've been an Apple user for 30+ years, have done work for them, know people within the company, etc. "Generous" is not a word associated with Apple in my experience....
Oh Comcast, your greed and overreaching could almost be comical. A few years ago I had basic cable, which ran straight into my TV, and all was well. I was able to watch HD versions of my local stations. Then, Comcast insists I adopt their new set-top box. Okay, so now I have an extra remote and another appliance I need to fit under the TV. Hey, but the good news I can't watch the HD channels I was already getting without paying another $120 a year. Flash-forward, and the only reason I still have a Comcast box is because it will save me no money at all to return it, because TV is bundled with Internet and Phone. But I still cord cut because I can watch everything I want in HD through Roku. Really, the only thing I don't watch is the local stations I had the cable for in the first place.
Hey local TV stations... Comcast is fucking up your business by downgrading your signal quality. Hows that working out for you?
comcast is its own worst enemy. I have Comcast tv and internet, but I can't even give the TV cable away. Because of the bundled price, I wouldn't actually save any money but cutting the TV cable, but I rarely watch it because Comcast downgrades HD to SD in the hopes that I'll pay another 10 bucks a month to get HD back. I'd rather wait a day and watch it in HD over the internet. Fuck you Comcast. I hope it was worth the extra $120 a year to alienate customers, because as soon as I get any sort of choice in my area you guys are right out. To me, you sacrificed long term gain for short-term bullshit.
Background: worked at both Skywalker and Big Rock Ranches for over 15 years.
There's a lot of misguided or snarky comments here and George deserves an advocate in this case:
GWL is not trying to make money on real estate. If he was, he would't be fooling around with apartment complexes, he'd be buying up more land in Marin because that property has been growing by leaps and bounds since 1990.
GWL has already donated a significant amount of the land he has bought in Marin to a group called MALT (Marin Agricultural Land Trust). It ensures that the land will remain farmland. *Significant* amounts of land.
GWL has always been committed to social justice issues. He doesn't make a big deal out of it. In fact, GWL is pretty low profile about a lot of the generous things he's done.
GWL has excellent taste in design and architecture. He's also put his money where his mouth is and built green buildings because it was the right thing to do, despite the cost. Both Big Rock Ranch and Letterman Digital were LEED Certified and they didn't really need to be. Big Rock and Skywalker are both models of how a complex can be integrated and fit into their natural surroundings. Both campuses are almost invisible from the road and even on campus, everything is well integrated into the environment. We should all be so lucky as to have GWL for a neighbor.
I'm not saying he's a saint or anything, but for a billionaire who has changed the shape of our culture, he's actually pretty down to earth. Don't get me wrong, we don't hang out or anything, but in my experience he's consistently gracious, well reasoned, and well intentioned. Mock him all you want for Star Wars decisions, but never question his integrity. He deserves better.
This comment is "Score 5: Insightful"? Really?
I'm with you about discrimination being a wider issue, but then you bring up the Democrats without making a real point. You are welcome to your political beliefs, but you'll need to craft a better argument then "those Dem's think its okay to discriminate." If you want to just shout your ideology without backing it up, go for it, but you scuttled a potentially interesting conversation by getting all "mouth-breathery."
I'm just speaking generally here, there are certainly cases where someone would need to back up this much data, but for your home media library? If we're talking movies, 20 TB is roughly 20,000 movies (for sake of argument, I'm not considering music). At what point is this just digital hoarding? I used to keep a large collection of movies, mostly pirated, and eventually realized that:
a) I was spending more time and money managing the collection then I wanted to.
b) That I rarely watched many of the items in my library.
c) That I was placing myself in legal jeopardy by storing so many illegal copies.
d) Anything I did want to re-watch I could get from Netflix, the public library, or download.
Music would be slightly different, as I could see where music is in some kind of constant rotation, but again, how much of it are you actively using? I'm just playing devil's advocate here, but I think this kind of collecting/hoarding is a byproduct of pre-internet scarcity.
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" invites our partners to be our guest and share their tales.." Ah, so this is a free showing?
Surprised these haven't been mentioned:
WTF w/ Marc Maron: Think Studs Turkel with a dash of Woody Allen. Interviews mainly comics, but has had some really huge guests (like Obama!)
Doug Loves Movies: Movie gameshow with stoner Doug Benson and his panel of guests, in front of a live audience.
Slate's The Gist: Mike Pesca and guests dish up a nice 30 minutes of news commentary.
CrimeTown: Who knew Rhode Island was so mob friendly?
Like some other MacBook Pro users, I'm really examining other options for the first time -- My next laptop will probably be a Dell XPS with Ubuntu, and this after decades (30+) of Mac use. If I was Canonical and Dell, I'd be marketing the shit out of Apple's... change of direction? I heard this morning that Apple wants to start making movies. It really does appear that Apple would prefer the more lucrative services markets then the poor return on hardware. I can't say I really blame them, but it really does feel to me like OS X has moved past its peak developers moment.
My first computer was an Apple IIGS. I've owned more Macs then I can remember. I was responsible for Macs being adopted by my workplace. And yet, I very much doubt my next computer will be a Mac. Poor hardware choices are really the last straw. Chances are good my next rig will be a Dell XPS running Ubuntu.
I'm curious why you bother removing blasphemy if you're an non-believer?
well... I guess its right there in your user name...
Uber's arrogance and lack of co-operation makes them a company I don't choose to do with business with. Vote with your dollars, its apparently the only thing some people pay attention to.
I laugh every time someone rails against open-source. If only there was a company that has been successful building their business on open-source (google), or used open-source to improve their OS (apple), or even decided to ignore Microsoft's history of Linux FUD and adopt OS anyway (microsoft). Have you been to the valley?
Pretty much the only reason I even boot up Windows anymore is to play Steam games. After that, meh... who needs them?
watch != engaged.
I often turn the TV on while I'm making dinner or puttering about...
Why would this be beneficial to anyone but microsoft?
Cable has shit the bed by maximizing cable profits to the detriment of the viewing experience (too many ads, extra fees for HD, too many bullshit channels) and now they complain that Netflix doesn't measure eyeballs the same way they do? Viewership ratings only matter to broadcasters that rely on advertising, Why should membership based Netflix be held to same metric? Who would that even benefit? I think a more interesting question is whats happening on Hulu, which is having its cake (subscribers) and eating it too (shows ads).
I know of a supermicro server still in use, all original hardware, that was donated by Craigslist to my org about 10 years ago. Still works fine. *knocks wood*
The music business model has been predatory against artists since the player piano roll.
I've been an Apple user for 30+ years, have done work for them, know people within the company, etc. "Generous" is not a word associated with Apple in my experience....
I'm not sure what you mean by "TV used to be free." American TV has always had ads, a business model it copied from the radio industry.
Oh Comcast, your greed and overreaching could almost be comical. A few years ago I had basic cable, which ran straight into my TV, and all was well. I was able to watch HD versions of my local stations. Then, Comcast insists I adopt their new set-top box. Okay, so now I have an extra remote and another appliance I need to fit under the TV. Hey, but the good news I can't watch the HD channels I was already getting without paying another $120 a year. Flash-forward, and the only reason I still have a Comcast box is because it will save me no money at all to return it, because TV is bundled with Internet and Phone. But I still cord cut because I can watch everything I want in HD through Roku. Really, the only thing I don't watch is the local stations I had the cable for in the first place. Hey local TV stations... Comcast is fucking up your business by downgrading your signal quality. Hows that working out for you?
Now if we can just add in some "going clear" and alien-worship, we're all set!
comcast is its own worst enemy. I have Comcast tv and internet, but I can't even give the TV cable away. Because of the bundled price, I wouldn't actually save any money but cutting the TV cable, but I rarely watch it because Comcast downgrades HD to SD in the hopes that I'll pay another 10 bucks a month to get HD back. I'd rather wait a day and watch it in HD over the internet. Fuck you Comcast. I hope it was worth the extra $120 a year to alienate customers, because as soon as I get any sort of choice in my area you guys are right out. To me, you sacrificed long term gain for short-term bullshit.
I'm not saying he's a saint or anything, but for a billionaire who has changed the shape of our culture, he's actually pretty down to earth. Don't get me wrong, we don't hang out or anything, but in my experience he's consistently gracious, well reasoned, and well intentioned. Mock him all you want for Star Wars decisions, but never question his integrity. He deserves better.
Funny, thought-provoking, and above all, a great story teller. If you like that sort of thing... side note, my username is a pratchett reference...
This comment is "Score 5: Insightful"? Really? I'm with you about discrimination being a wider issue, but then you bring up the Democrats without making a real point. You are welcome to your political beliefs, but you'll need to craft a better argument then "those Dem's think its okay to discriminate." If you want to just shout your ideology without backing it up, go for it, but you scuttled a potentially interesting conversation by getting all "mouth-breathery."
Net magazine is an excellent magazine about web development, which ironically has an almost unusable website.
Do you really need to back-up that much data?
I'm just speaking generally here, there are certainly cases where someone would need to back up this much data, but for your home media library? If we're talking movies, 20 TB is roughly 20,000 movies (for sake of argument, I'm not considering music). At what point is this just digital hoarding? I used to keep a large collection of movies, mostly pirated, and eventually realized that:
a) I was spending more time and money managing the collection then I wanted to. b) That I rarely watched many of the items in my library. c) That I was placing myself in legal jeopardy by storing so many illegal copies. d) Anything I did want to re-watch I could get from Netflix, the public library, or download.
Music would be slightly different, as I could see where music is in some kind of constant rotation, but again, how much of it are you actively using? I'm just playing devil's advocate here, but I think this kind of collecting/hoarding is a byproduct of pre-internet scarcity.
Be direct, specific, and non-punishing.