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Comment Predictions about the service (Score 4, Insightful) 85

1) It will be wildly overpriced relative to its rivals 2) It will be slower and attached as an add-on to already crappy HDD based DVR's that are slow, buggy, and break constantly yet I have to pay to fix/replace them 3) There will be a bandwidth and viewer cap per show, 4) It will have commercials added in while I browse to subsidize revenue 5) The content will be ancient and I won't actually want to see it 6) They will adapt an iTunes/Pay-Per-View model on content that is free on other providers instead of an all-you-can-stream model, PLUS they will play the cutsie auto-delete game on content I paid for after a certain time, a-la Pay-Per-View. 7) It will be a raving pain in the ass to find anything as the remote will most certainly lack a qwerty input because YOU ARE CHEAP 8) Half of the content will be Programming in A Foreign language, Dogmatic religion channels, and there will be a curious absence of indy, YouTube and non-commercial studio content. 9) I will be restricted on the number of episodes I can 'save' or view at one time. 10) I'm more likely to get a high Def video faster from a torrent source than I am a directTV service 11) You will force me to purchase crap channels/content/HD services I don't want to access this service 12) The content that is available won't be the complete catalog of a series. I will be the last 5 episodes plus ancient episodes a la Hulu. 13) You will disable fast-forward through commercials in downloaded content to boost your revenue streams. DirectTV: I'd rather have a pineapple forcibly shoved up my ass and spun around at 4000 RPM's than have your filth clogging the one last refuge of free speech and innovation in the world. Your installation franchisees are awful. Your internet service sucks. You hold content providers hostage. Your DVR's are crap. I really hope Netflix comes and knocks you on your ass...

Submission + - Stream Only?

hinesbrad writes: "I'm getting really tired of paying ridiculous fees to my cable company just to have a DVR and high speed internet access. A neighbor of mine bought a cheapo Dell computer with an HDMI output. Apparently he streams all of his news live from respective websites, and also watches many of the shows on NBC and Comedy central using this method. He's effectively turned his PC into a DVR and gotten rid of his cable subscription fee.

I wonder, how many people have completely gotten rid of their cable/satellite subscription and have now instead moved to a Hulu/Netflix/Content producer website streaming solution instead?"

Submission + - Trump proposes 25% tariff on Chinese goods (cnn.com)

hinesbrad writes: "What would this do to US businesses? Would it destroy the Wal-Mart business model? Would the US retaliate a WTO intervention by China on the ruling by retaliating against state-sponsored exported in China?"

Comment Super Excited! (Score 1) 74

Gosh - there are so many amazing things to choose from. So many different gaming concepts and so much interesting art that really moved the entire industry forward... I'd suggest: - Duck Hunt (NES) - Blaster Master - The Legend of Zelda (NES) - Metroid (NES) - Sim City (SNES Version) - Mortal Kombat - Chrono Trigger - Donkey Kong Country - 'D' - Killer instinct (The original, ahem, 'ultra' 64 arcade version) - Final Fantasy 3, 7

Submission + - Ask Slashdot, DNS information?

hinesbrad writes: "Recently I saw an article about the hacking group Antonymous going after GodHatesFags.com. Why isn't the group simply going after the DNS provider of the domain under their clause(s) of No defamatory, bigotry or hate speech? It seems like it would take less effort and be completely legal.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/anonymous-its-trap?page=3&elq=true

After doing several WHOIS searches, I found this to be the DNS service they use:
http://www.directnic.com/legal/"

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