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Comment Thanks a buttload, Chet... (Score 1) 291

I'm all for calling attention to stupid legislation, but causing major inconvenience to me just angers me against you. I think a full blackout against reading the site is just BS. Just make everyone do a couple of extra clicks to get to the content and call it good. I suppose I'll brush up on my French in case I need to look something up that day.

Comment How about a mid priced electric that isn't lame? (Score 3, Interesting) 891

There are a few higher end electrics that are cool, but for some reason the lower end ones are just totally plain or awkward looking. Can't we get some nice car design going? Do all electrics have to look like expanded eastern european leftovers?

While we're at it why not fund a federal project to put light rail everywhere there is an interstate highway. A new New Deal.

Comment What i'd like (Score 1) 839

I want to have just the shows I want to see available on whatever normal release schedule the studio has, commercial free, on any device I own in the optimal resolution. I want them to still be available if I miss several shows. To that point it is all similar to what Apple provides on Apple TV. The kicker is that I want all of that without paying per show. I don't mind paying per month. Once I watch a show I don't need to watch it again so I have no desire to own them. The price does need to compare reasonably to current cable pricing (and yes I realize the advertising subsidy is part if that).

What frustrates me about Apple's offering is the high price per show vs subscription.
What frustrates me about online viewing is that older episodes disappear or the viewer is awful with odd forced ads that sometimes mess up the playback.
What frustrates me about on-deman viewing via my cable company is the poor UI and lock-in to my cable box.

So yes there is plenty of room there to fix TV.

Comment Today it is backwards (Score 4, Insightful) 533

Years ago the kit you used at work was faster, better and more powerful than your home consumer devices. Today it's the reverse and what you are forced to use at work is totally crappy next to what you have at home. Thus consumerization of IT is necessary to even get your own work done.

Or to put it more simply, my companies OS is XP with Office 2003.

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