what!? (fist pound ala shawn spencer..)

Ahh junk science, nobody loves me like you do...

that was fast....

<quote>Were these European swallows, or African swallows?</quote>

well that depends because the African Swallow is non migratory ....

they wont most likely they will use something like a DMCA Notice and then sort out the details later....

not likely but whatever... the problem here is that people who buy into ppv content use it much like a video rental service. those who legitimately want the movie long term go and buy it from the store; download it as you say or rent the DVD from red box or netflix and copy it. So basically this will not drive those who are legitimately using the service away, and the few customers who use the service to steal first run DVD's will have to go another step to do it.

USPS is a government run company (for all intents an purposes). As such they do not need licence plates. They do however have (quite large) identifying numbers on the outside of the truck/vehicle. if it is a small post office they may do mail delivery from the post masters own personal vehicle but in that case there would be some identifying marks on the vehicle. most post offices too small to have fleet vehicles are pick up only however... and in that case there is no vehicle.

I agree do it now before the government becomes involved and forces ISP's to adopt ipv6... we need another debacle like the DTV switch as much as we need a hole in the head.

What is really fun about this is by in large cable still wins, for years cable companies have been repositioning themselves as an ISP and not a media provider. Simply put they loose market share in the video markets but gain a proportionally larger amount of business in the internet spectrum. so it's not really going to hurt cable company that much but believe what you want the cable company has already heard what its subscribers want and need.

tru2way was not industry developed, it didn't meet the needs of the rapidly expanding need for network flexibility. another point cable boxes are expensive case in point (the TiVO) they are typically between 300 and 400 us... why is 7$ / mo for a box unreasonable if when it breaks you get a new one and you don't have to pay for the trouble call in most cases ether. People have been paying for convenience of replacement for a long time ever hear of a little thing called insurance. Besides that fact you CAN purchase your own set top box as long as it supports ocap your good to go with a cable provided cable card.

also the TV manufacturers killed tru2way, their were 3 tvs available that sported the product and all 3 were horrible failures at supplying support for their product. The fact of the matter is that as an industry to remain competitive we have to continuity adapt our product to bring the services that our subscribers want. you don't see AT&T getting crap for their set top boxes not working with TiVO but when the cable company trys to supply a product that works fairly well we are bunglers. I don't see the point of the argument i guess. working in the industry this one feature hasn't come up a lot. at least not as much as people asking about the DVR and weather or not i have one on my truck.

here's the deal, I work for a cable operator (not comcast) so I'm fairly consumer non-partial (though i realize the presence of an industry bias ) I go on between 8-10 trouble calls a day and over the span of 6 years I've probably thought 20 people how to set a delay timer to record to VHS or even DVD-R. in my experience I've put more DVR's in than that in a month. Weather this is because people don't want the trouble of setting a delay timer in two places or having to watch what you are recording OR simply wanting a DVR remains to be seen. Cable as an industry has a right to offer products however they feel they can recover their cost --- because cable (or subscription video service for that matter) is a business. throwing the monopoly card doesn't quite work any more because their are simpley too many choices. For example dish subscription TV service, uverse (or other VOtP services) or... heaven forbid FREE TV SERVICE OFF THE AIR. so perhaps its just me but I really don't see the point of the whole argument. Add to all of that the feature being argued wasn't well received by anybody who I have ever shown it to.

<quote><p>1) Buy it.
2) Sue phone company
3) ...
4) profit!!!!!!!</p></quote>

yes! the underpants gnomes! .... ah south park you answer so many of life's little quandaries....

i totally agree though (some) liberals like to claim its conservative warmongering/hate-speach from time to time... especially when it points out the tendencies some (and not all) american liberals have towards fascism.

can't we all just get along

I don't care if they cast satan himself as a voice actor... seriously i just want futurama back.... I could give a sh*t less about who dose the voice acting.