I personally haven't dropped cable yet, but came upon an interesting dilemma the other day. Two weeks back I missed an episode of 24. It was clearly available on bit torrent the next day, but I opted for Hulu. I didn't mind the 45 seconds of commercial break. I actually sat there and watched them. When I watch 24 on cable, there are several minutes of commercials and I usually go to the bathroom, make some popcorn, or grab a drink. While on Hulu, the commercial breaks are so short I actually watch them.
Fast forward to this week. I missed an episode of The big Bang Theory on CBS. Not available for purchase on iTunes, or Amazon VOD. I checked Hulu which directed me to CBS's website. CBS didn't even have full episodes for viewing on their website. My solution... bit torrent. I would have gladly paid for it, or sat through a few Hulu commercials, but they simply don't make it available.
I get my internet through the cable company. I also subscribe to the basic cable service for $15 additional a month because without a cable subscription, they charge me an additional $20 for internet only service.
What would this do to students who try to filter their gmail with johndoe+srjc@gmail.com? Now I can't use myemail+srjc@gmail.com for my college correspondence?
[The informant] told me that since his problems with Mr. Calixte, his brand new computer has crashed and he suspects Mr. Calixte is responsible. Mr. Calixte has access into [the informant's] computer as he set it up for him when they were friends and he knows the password. The computer has been looked at by several experts and none of them can resolve the problem.
You might blame Mr. Calixte, but I would probably blame Microsoft.
Also mentioned:
He is often seen with unknown laptops he is "fixing" for other students.
He "jail breaks" phones which is in violation of the software license.
He has a cache of illegally downloaded music and movies.
***Suddenly I am feeling like a criminal***
The warrant application also wanted to seize:
All objects capable of storing digital data including but not limited to...
Central Processing Units
Modems
Optical Scanners
USB drivers
Firewalls
All system documentation including but not limited to...
I ordered mine right after the story about the lack of coupons showed up. I got my coupons a few weeks later. Went and used them last week at Circuit City. Most everything in the store was gone except around 100 Guitar Hero games and 2 pallets full of DTV converter boxes. With the going out of business prices, the cost of each converter box was less than $40!
Don't be so quick to judge. I also live in Lancaster County, and used to have an Amish woman as a babysitter when I was a kid. She seriously loved Wheel of Fortune.
You've obviously never used Verizon DSL. Their system requires a login/password which is generated via their Windows-only software when you're setting things up. Once you have that you no longer need Windows to connect to the internet, but you do need to that once to get the system & modem set up.
I did an Ubuntu install on a neighbor's computer a couple years back with Verizon DSL. Although it required calling tech support to get some manual settings, the thing was easy to setup without using the Windows-only CD.
Also FTFA:
Verizon says it will dispatch a technician to try to assist her accessing the internet without using the Windows-only installation disk. Verizon says its high-speed internet does indeed support Ubuntu, but some advanced features and installation disks clearly don't work with Linux.
So did this woman ever even call Verizon to get tech support before calling the news? Even calling some tech-savy high school student would have solved her problems a lot easier.
* "I'm thinking of switching from a soft toothbrush to a medium-soft. How has that worked out for you?"
* "I'm considering moving my sock drawer from the top right to the top left drawer. Can anyone tell me the pros and cons of each arrangement?
* "We're moving to a new home and are having a family meeting this Thursday to evaluate hanging toilet paper so that the next sheet is over versus under on the roll. I was wondering how other readers have approached this decision?"
* "I'd like to set my USB to automount to a fixed drive letter when I plug it into my Windows XP laptop. I'm considering J:, P:, and possibly Q:. What do you all think? Should I look at M: as well?"
Now seriously I have come into contact with all of these questions in the past 6 months. Let me also add my opinion on such matters.
1. Medium-soft tooth brushes are not ADA approved. Stick with the soft.
2. I recently moved my sock drawer to the top right and I could not be happier. I also recently switched from tighty whiteys to briefs and would recommend them highly. Those are kept in my top left drawer.
3. I recently moved to a new home, all bathrooms have the toilet paper hung in an over-the-top fashion. I am the man of the house and will not have my toilet paper hung any other way.
4. I felt something was missing when floppies were no longer needed. I mount mine as the B: drive. Also consider T: for Thumdrive, U: for USB or F: for Flash. Avoid Q: at all costs.
But person B would need to know which songs person A has purchased and the date they were purchased. If a bunch of songs show up on a p2p site with my email in, I think it would be relatively easy to prove that they weren't mine by comparing it with the database of purchases that Apple keeps.
I also agree. The DRM in the iTunes store made me switch to Amazon's mp3 store. When I purchase music, I want to be able to put it on whatever media device I see fit. I applaud Apple for dropping the DRM. So what if they put the name of who purchased the song in the file. I have more freedom with my media. This also entices me to start using the iTunes store for my media purchases again.
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I personally haven't dropped cable yet, but came upon an interesting dilemma the other day. Two weeks back I missed an episode of 24. It was clearly available on bit torrent the next day, but I opted for Hulu. I didn't mind the 45 seconds of commercial break. I actually sat there and watched them. When I watch 24 on cable, there are several minutes of commercials and I usually go to the bathroom, make some popcorn, or grab a drink. While on Hulu, the commercial breaks are so short I actually watch them.
Fast forward to this week. I missed an episode of The big Bang Theory on CBS. Not available for purchase on iTunes, or Amazon VOD. I checked Hulu which directed me to CBS's website. CBS didn't even have full episodes for viewing on their website. My solution... bit torrent. I would have gladly paid for it, or sat through a few Hulu commercials, but they simply don't make it available.
I get my internet through the cable company. I also subscribe to the basic cable service for $15 additional a month because without a cable subscription, they charge me an additional $20 for internet only service.
The next step is to convince AOL to start sending out their software on thumb drives. Then we all win!
Why would anyone need that many thumb drives?
Consider yourself informed: GEICO Caveman
What would this do to students who try to filter their gmail with johndoe+srjc@gmail.com? Now I can't use myemail+srjc@gmail.com for my college correspondence?
This is so insanely stupid...
Fixed That For You
Fixed that for you.
Will it give me free beer and hookers?
Free as in speech, silly.
I'm sure there are many people out there who would prefer that their OS gave them free beer and hookers instead of free speech.
I wish to extend a warm welcome to our new robotic penguin overlords
You might blame Mr. Calixte, but I would probably blame Microsoft.
Also mentioned:
***Suddenly I am feeling like a criminal***
The warrant application also wanted to seize:
when the page gets slashdotted and doesn't load at all.
We could save a lot more bandwidth by not watching so many crappy videos on youtube.
I find this one to pretty good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWEIQIv8zvY
Google is on the ball. They already have a plugin to automatically opt-out.
Link To Opt Out Page
No Disassemble!!
I ordered mine right after the story about the lack of coupons showed up. I got my coupons a few weeks later. Went and used them last week at Circuit City. Most everything in the store was gone except around 100 Guitar Hero games and 2 pallets full of DTV converter boxes. With the going out of business prices, the cost of each converter box was less than $40!
It is actually just some kid with a broken Speak & Spell.
Don't be so quick to judge. I also live in Lancaster County, and used to have an Amish woman as a babysitter when I was a kid. She seriously loved Wheel of Fortune.
You've obviously never used Verizon DSL. Their system requires a login/password which is generated via their Windows-only software when you're setting things up. Once you have that you no longer need Windows to connect to the internet, but you do need to that once to get the system & modem set up.
I did an Ubuntu install on a neighbor's computer a couple years back with Verizon DSL. Although it required calling tech support to get some manual settings, the thing was easy to setup without using the Windows-only CD.
Also FTFA:
Verizon says it will dispatch a technician to try to assist her accessing the internet without using the Windows-only installation disk. Verizon says its high-speed internet does indeed support Ubuntu, but some advanced features and installation disks clearly don't work with Linux.
So did this woman ever even call Verizon to get tech support before calling the news? Even calling some tech-savy high school student would have solved her problems a lot easier.
Frankly, I suspect that it may lead to Q-Fever.
Future Ask Slashdots We Can Look Forward To:
* "I'm thinking of switching from a soft toothbrush to a medium-soft. How has that worked out for you?"
* "I'm considering moving my sock drawer from the top right to the top left drawer. Can anyone tell me the pros and cons of each arrangement?
* "We're moving to a new home and are having a family meeting this Thursday to evaluate hanging toilet paper so that the next sheet is over versus under on the roll. I was wondering how other readers have approached this decision?"
* "I'd like to set my USB to automount to a fixed drive letter when I plug it into my Windows XP laptop. I'm considering J:, P:, and possibly Q:. What do you all think? Should I look at M: as well?"
Now seriously I have come into contact with all of these questions in the past 6 months. Let me also add my opinion on such matters.
1. Medium-soft tooth brushes are not ADA approved. Stick with the soft.
2. I recently moved my sock drawer to the top right and I could not be happier. I also recently switched from tighty whiteys to briefs and would recommend them highly. Those are kept in my top left drawer.
3. I recently moved to a new home, all bathrooms have the toilet paper hung in an over-the-top fashion. I am the man of the house and will not have my toilet paper hung any other way.
4. I felt something was missing when floppies were no longer needed. I mount mine as the B: drive. Also consider T: for Thumdrive, U: for USB or F: for Flash. Avoid Q: at all costs.
But person B would need to know which songs person A has purchased and the date they were purchased. If a bunch of songs show up on a p2p site with my email in, I think it would be relatively easy to prove that they weren't mine by comparing it with the database of purchases that Apple keeps.
I also agree. The DRM in the iTunes store made me switch to Amazon's mp3 store. When I purchase music, I want to be able to put it on whatever media device I see fit. I applaud Apple for dropping the DRM. So what if they put the name of who purchased the song in the file. I have more freedom with my media. This also entices me to start using the iTunes store for my media purchases again.
Actually they changed the date the clocks roll back in the US and it isn't until this upcoming weekend.