As you noted, directivo gets guide data from the satellite. So you don't need a phone line.
TiVo has never made a secret of their use of aggregate data. If you don't like, opt out. Instead of complaining about the $20/m phone line, why didn't you just not get the phone line? Then TiVo wouldn't have any way of 'spying' on you.
But am I the only one who got a little Cat in the Hat vibe from the trailer?
You know, they'll feel the need to pep it up for today's hip, wired youngsters. You know, "I feel we should rastafy him by... ten percent or so." Then throw in a bunch of pop-cultural references and jokes for the 'grown-ups' and presto! sucky movie.
Movie Exec: I bet Keanu Reeves would be great for Rick's part!
Keanu: You'll, like regret it - maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but you'll be all like 'Whoa!'
Set in motion now
set in motion
To destroy
To kill
Objects to work for us
objects to act for us
Performing the witchery
for suffering
for torment
for the stillborn
the deformed
the sterile
the dead.
Whirling
Whirling
Whirling
Whirling
set into motion now
set into motion.
So the other witches said
"Okay you win; you take the prize,
but what you said just now--
it isn't so funny
It doesn't sound so good.
We are doing okay without it
we can get along without that kind of thing.
Take it back
Call that story back."
But the witch just shook its head
at the others in their stinking animal skins, fur
and feathers. It's already turned loose.
It's already coming.
It can't be called back.
TiVo most certainly does have the ability to start/stop early by variable amounts of time.
What model TiVo do you have? I have a couple series 2 TiVos, and it has 'start early' and 'stop late'. It does not have the ability to 'start late' or 'stop early'. (for recording a program from the guide. Manual recordings are another matter.)
Secondly, please don't use "frat", many Fraternity men tend to find it offensive. It implies a group like you see in Animal House, which despite public opinion is the minority of Social Fraternities. You wouldn't shorten "Country" to "cunt" would you?
I wouldn't shorten "country" to "cunt" because c-u-n-t are not the first four letters of "country". F-r-a-t are the first four letters of "fraternity".
However, the one thing that bothers me the most about the show above all others, is the fact that they like to do autopsies in the dark.
Have you noticed they do EVERYTHING in the dark? Unless they are outside in an open field at 12 noon on a sunny day, it's dark. Of course the casinos in LV are dark, but any house they need to go into has all the lights off with dark curtains closed.
Their offices are dark, interrogation rooms are dark, everything dark!
But I like how on the cop shows, the cops do all the work, question witnesses, etc. Then on the detective shows, it's the detectives who work the evidence, question witnesses, etc.
Then you have CSI, a show about the crime lab, and even after having an episode where one of the main characters says, "we're just the crime lab; we don't question witnesses," all the crime lab folks do the detective work, question witnesses, etc.
Crossing Jordan, like Quincy, is about a medical examiner who, can you guess...follows up on evidence, searches crime scenes, questions witnesses, etc.
1) Eyewitness testimony and confessions are close to the top of the list of unreliable evidence.
Memory is not a photograph; it is a fluid image that is constantly being rewritten. If the eyewitness contradicts the physical evidence, I'd go with the physical evidence. If the eyewitness is the only evidence, then the case is probably being put in front of a jury for political reasons.
If I was on a jury, a confession would almost guarantee my vote to acquit. Why a confession but not a guilty plea? Basically cops and prosecutors have proven time and time again they should not be trusted.
2) I was really into CSI up til episode where the cheerleader smoked a joint and became a cannibal. Not a ritualized murder or Dahmer-like serial killing, but just some girl going all werewolf on somebody and tearing them apart with her teeth. Because she smoked a joint.
Forensic science is cool and all, but folks who get into it because of CSI make good scientists like folks to med school after watching Scrubs make good doctors.
I don't have an issue with the TiVo thumbs-up-for-more-info during commercials. I really don't have issue with TiVo showing a commercial over a commercials during FF.
My question is, will TiVo know if I'm FF over a commercial or not?
From TFA: "TiVo viewers will see 'billboards,' or small logos, popping up over TV commercials as they fast-forward through them."
The article is unclear. If the ads are tied to the existing tv commercials, like the thumbs up system, that's fine. I don't think anyone would have issue with that. It's just an ad over an ad.
However, if the ads are tied to the FF function, even if I'm not FF over commercials, that's a horse of another color. That's a worst case interpretation of the article, but there's nothing in there to say this isn't the case.
As an owner of multiple TiVos, I'd like reassurance that I won't get some huge Netzero banner plastered across my television any time I FF.
Cry me a friggn river. Oh no! They're going to show me non-invasive ads that in no way impeed my use of the product! Help me! Help me! The sky is falling!
Would it be OK if graphics card or monitor companies decided to show you non-invasive ads while you used your computer? Those companies need to make money too, right?.
Of course you assume there is such a thing as a non-invasive ad. If it's non-invasive, that means I won't see it. If I see it, then it's invasive. So how are they going to show me ads I don't see? Perhaps they'll be subliminabable.
.... I mean, its not like you are looking at anything useful while you are fastforwarding, and "free tv" needs some sort of revenue.
Where's your IANATO (I am not a TiVo owner)?
Any legal thread quickly over flows with 'IANAL', any discussion of IP brings out the folks who don't know copyright form trademark, so why should this thread be any different?
Yes, I use TiVo to skip over commercials. I also use FF for shows I can watch without sound and faster than real time. Will the service know if I'm FF over a commercial or for some other purpose?
For example I can watch a 3-hour football match in about half the time. I don't need the analyst's inane chatter, and I can always go back to regular speed to catch a big play.
In addition, this 'feature' contradicts TiVo's own marketing. There's no sound while a show is in FF, but one of TiVo's tips is to turn on the closed captions and read the dialogue while watching the show faster.
How is TiVo "free tv"? TiVo gives NOTHING for free. I've already paid for the hardware and paid for the service, and I didn't whine about it. This is TiVo unilaterally changing the terms of the deal after they have my money. Would you applaud nVidia if they decided to display banner ads on every computer with their graphics cards? Listen, nVidia needs to make money, right?
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So the person who doesn't trust themself with an extra $500 a month is suddenly able to make sound financial decisions with a $6000 tax refund?
George Bush appreciates your support. Those of use who use our brains think you're a moran.
As you noted, directivo gets guide data from the satellite. So you don't need a phone line.
TiVo has never made a secret of their use of aggregate data. If you don't like, opt out. Instead of complaining about the $20/m phone line, why didn't you just not get the phone line? Then TiVo wouldn't have any way of 'spying' on you.
No. Marvin actually had a brain the size of a planet. He just didn't carry it all around in his head. How smart is that?
But am I the only one who got a little Cat in the Hat vibe from the trailer?
You know, they'll feel the need to pep it up for today's hip, wired youngsters. You know, "I feel we should rastafy him by ... ten percent or so." Then throw in a bunch of pop-cultural references and jokes for the 'grown-ups' and presto! sucky movie.
Keanu: You'll, like regret it - maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but you'll be all like 'Whoa!'
from Ceremony, Leslie Marmon Silko
If you understood the power of words, you would not type such a thing.
The way of Wally.
What model TiVo do you have? I have a couple series 2 TiVos, and it has 'start early' and 'stop late'. It does not have the ability to 'start late' or 'stop early'. (for recording a program from the guide. Manual recordings are another matter.)
Don't overlook the AWESOM-O 4000
When this happens, please do the right thing and save us the trouble of having to hunting you down.
I am unique. Just like everybody else.
I've got nine women lined up; I'll let ya know in a month if we've made a baby.
NERDS!!!!
I wouldn't shorten "country" to "cunt" because c-u-n-t are not the first four letters of "country". F-r-a-t are the first four letters of "fraternity".
First, they came for our shift keys, now our electrical tape. What's next?
Think of the children!
Have you noticed they do EVERYTHING in the dark? Unless they are outside in an open field at 12 noon on a sunny day, it's dark. Of course the casinos in LV are dark, but any house they need to go into has all the lights off with dark curtains closed.
Their offices are dark, interrogation rooms are dark, everything dark!
No, that's Crossing Jordan.
But I like how on the cop shows, the cops do all the work, question witnesses, etc. Then on the detective shows, it's the detectives who work the evidence, question witnesses, etc.
Then you have CSI, a show about the crime lab, and even after having an episode where one of the main characters says, "we're just the crime lab; we don't question witnesses," all the crime lab folks do the detective work, question witnesses, etc.
Crossing Jordan, like Quincy, is about a medical examiner who, can you guess...follows up on evidence, searches crime scenes, questions witnesses, etc.
1) Eyewitness testimony and confessions are close to the top of the list of unreliable evidence.
Memory is not a photograph; it is a fluid image that is constantly being rewritten. If the eyewitness contradicts the physical evidence, I'd go with the physical evidence. If the eyewitness is the only evidence, then the case is probably being put in front of a jury for political reasons.
If I was on a jury, a confession would almost guarantee my vote to acquit. Why a confession but not a guilty plea? Basically cops and prosecutors have proven time and time again they should not be trusted.
2) I was really into CSI up til episode where the cheerleader smoked a joint and became a cannibal. Not a ritualized murder or Dahmer-like serial killing, but just some girl going all werewolf on somebody and tearing them apart with her teeth. Because she smoked a joint.
Forensic science is cool and all, but folks who get into it because of CSI make good scientists like folks to med school after watching Scrubs make good doctors.
Geek quotient: Poseur
Save yourself the click; Miss Utility isn't hot, and there aren't even any bikini shots.
=(
It worked for Bill Gates.
Hay-ooo!
My issue is the ambiguity in the article. If the new banners are tied to commercials, I have no problem with TiVo showing ads over the existing ads.
However, if the new banners are tied to the FF function, that will be a big problem. I use FF for things other than skipping over commercials.
I don't have an issue with the TiVo thumbs-up-for-more-info during commercials. I really don't have issue with TiVo showing a commercial over a commercials during FF.
My question is, will TiVo know if I'm FF over a commercial or not?
From TFA: "TiVo viewers will see 'billboards,' or small logos, popping up over TV commercials as they fast-forward through them."
The article is unclear. If the ads are tied to the existing tv commercials, like the thumbs up system, that's fine. I don't think anyone would have issue with that. It's just an ad over an ad.
However, if the ads are tied to the FF function, even if I'm not FF over commercials, that's a horse of another color. That's a worst case interpretation of the article, but there's nothing in there to say this isn't the case.
As an owner of multiple TiVos, I'd like reassurance that I won't get some huge Netzero banner plastered across my television any time I FF.
Where's my refund for pre-paid lifetime service? If I don't like the terms, can I track down a TiVo executive and take $300 out of his hide?
Would it be OK if graphics card or monitor companies decided to show you non-invasive ads while you used your computer? Those companies need to make money too, right?.
Of course you assume there is such a thing as a non-invasive ad. If it's non-invasive, that means I won't see it. If I see it, then it's invasive. So how are they going to show me ads I don't see? Perhaps they'll be subliminabable.
Where's your IANATO (I am not a TiVo owner)?
Any legal thread quickly over flows with 'IANAL', any discussion of IP brings out the folks who don't know copyright form trademark, so why should this thread be any different?
Yes, I use TiVo to skip over commercials. I also use FF for shows I can watch without sound and faster than real time. Will the service know if I'm FF over a commercial or for some other purpose?
For example I can watch a 3-hour football match in about half the time. I don't need the analyst's inane chatter, and I can always go back to regular speed to catch a big play.
In addition, this 'feature' contradicts TiVo's own marketing. There's no sound while a show is in FF, but one of TiVo's tips is to turn on the closed captions and read the dialogue while watching the show faster.
How is TiVo "free tv"? TiVo gives NOTHING for free. I've already paid for the hardware and paid for the service, and I didn't whine about it. This is TiVo unilaterally changing the terms of the deal after they have my money. Would you applaud nVidia if they decided to display banner ads on every computer with their graphics cards? Listen, nVidia needs to make money, right?