Hollywood has been out of ideas since the talkies replaced silent films, but when you boil it all down, everything is derivative of something. That has been true since the second cave drawing.

Everything TIkTok is doing, so is Facebook and every other social media site. The reason TikTok is getting crucified while Facebook gets a free pass is the connection to China. Bytedance divesting would change absolutely nothing.

> Spectre makes dumb panels without any smart apps or networking ability.

This sounds like my brand - but do you mean "Sceptre"?

Assuming you never use a streaming service, is it possible to remove or disable the hardware network modules on these TVs?

I see zero reason to believe the manufacturers won't rationalize your data into their possession somehow - regardless of opting out, disabling through their UI, or even declining to connect the thing to a router.

While we're on the subject: I believe it's possible for ethernet signals to travel over HDMI. If you connect a computer graphics card to a TV's HDMI port, is there any possible route from the TV onto the network the computer is connected to?

Farmers should send John Deere a Dear John.

"The lawsuit said the recordings are all available on authorized streaming services and 'face no danger of being lost, forgotten, or destroyed.'"

Baby, it's cold outside...

Just add bigger buttons and a clear place to put it up to your mouth and up to your ear, and you have The Senior Phone!

Primitive superstitious idiots killed cats during the Black Death thinking they were witches familiars, and the rat population skyrocketed making matters worse. Stupid ideas never go away, they just get repackaged.

Comic Sans Forever!

Windows 8 led to so many people swearing off home computers that few who gave up even saw 8.1. Computers that had 8 were shoved in to closets and forgotten or were thrown away to end up in landfills. It was the worst thing that ever happened to computing.

I have a six-digit ID that is lower than previous poster. The oldest artifact I can find for my account is from 2009, but I feel like I've been here longer than that...

It is survival of the fittest. They were not the fittest. C'est la vie.

Lumping 7 and 8 together isn't comparing apples to oranges, it is comparing apples to rocks! There are no similarities beyond them being called Windows. Windows 7 was a perfectly fine OS that I still use on older hardware, but Windows 8 was an unusable disaster! It was the worst thing that ever happened to computing. Windows 8 led to countless former home computer users swearing off computers. I would rather use ME or VIsta for a lifetime than 8 for ten minutes. 10 is alright, but not as good as 7. 11 has no reason to exist. I tried it, hated it, and rolled back because of problems with networking and sound.

There are three kinds of conspiracy theories. The most common are deliberate libel and slander meant to smear someone. A small subset are the machinations of lunatics' imaginations. The smallest subset are jokes that dimwits took seriously. It does not surprise me at all that the jokers behind this one had to admit that it was a joke before dullards started offing birds.

It is a death ray placed there by Mars. China would be wise to leave it alone. http://uncoveror.com/zhtitikof...