Anyone know what the resolution is, perhaps at different distances, for the human eye? Pictures displayed on my computer, taken with a 14 MB camera - not too complicated or too top end, are almost as crisp as those taken and viewed with traditional means. They also scale quite nice from the limited number (of both digital and traditional) of prints that I have had blown up into poster sizes.

Your TV may have nothing to do with this. FCC has prohibited volume changing commercials since 2011 or 2012. If you are still being bombarded with loud commercials then the FCC would like to know about it. Seriously - stop laughing. They would really - stop smirking - like to know about it. The fines for violating the loud ass commercials are pretty steep. Consult your favorite search engine for more details. Also, Billy Mays (spelling with his last name?) was an asshole. I used to sleep with the TV on. He'd wake my ass up long before the rooster crowed. I am not sad that he is dead.

OTA volume changes are illegal. Well, they can change them a tiny amount I think but not enough to be noticeable. If you are getting louder ads the FCC would like to know about it. This is NOT true on the internet. They can blast those things at top volume online. However, I was so happy when they stopped blasting ads at me - that day was truly noticeable when I saw it happen. I was so happy. I cut my cable not long after. I watched a half dozen channels, out of a hundred+, and it just did not make sense as I could just get the same stuff online for free and when I wanted to watch it. I do not watch much in the way of television or movies so to speak. I watch documentaries and educational programming almost exclusively.

Too true. Way too true. I am shocked by the ads on the internet if I use a computer without AdBlock. I grab Opera, install it, grab the extension, install it, and that is the very first thing I do on the internet. As I trust those downloads I do not even bother to get AV first. Then again, I often run Windows with no AV running at all. I simply avoid doing stupid shit and scan it once in a while with MBAM. It is amazing how effective not doing stupid shit is.

Paid is not worth it either - in my experience. Get all the studios together, come up with a plan. Give me access, in one spot, for unencumbered - DRM-free copies of everything that I can download or stream. Go ahead and attach a hidden serial in it to track who leaks it to torrent sites if you must. I will pay VERY good money for this. I will even stop stealing their content. Couple it with music and, again, I will pay - I will pay triple for the added convenience.

That is an odd assumption to make. I suspect that most have pirated it by now. The folks who would have subscribed, and it does have a lot of fans, would have done so if they had included it a long time ago. Now? Not so much, I suspect - a claim as valid as your own. Those folks have moved on, grown up, and discovered new things. They also have an external drive with that content saved, in its entirety, on it.

I stopped after your first selection - I am not that diligent.

https://torrentz.com/search?q=...

There are a number of films called Song of the South that you can check to see if they meet your expectation. You mean the one from the late 40s that was 'banned?' If so then there is a link to a .torrent or .magnet and there appear to be folks sharing it. I did not, obviously, download it and check. However, I suspect much of what you are missing is out there if you are willing to look hard enough. I have yet to find anything, with any age on it - often with none if I am willing to watch sketchy copies - not available for download.

I should not post this but, well, I must. I can take the karma hit.

I love you. No, I really do. Not in a drunk and sloppy way either - I do not drink. The other day I saw someone else got the first post and the said mean things about King Frosty. All I could picture was two angry nerds, at that point, who had vowed to rule the /. (perhaps from a moderately well appointed basement lair). I do not know how much time and effort you put into your posts but I do appreciate it. It can't realistically be scripted so that is even more amusing.

Then we have the apps guy who happily tries to make some sort of post about apps and Luddites in each thread. Then we sometimes get a variety of others - including a link to goatse but I think that one is scripted. All I can picture is a bunch of people who are like the Head Crushing Guy in Kids in the Hall. It will be ruin if ever you all should meet.

So, it takes all of you to make /. the place that it is. I, for one, am thinking it is better with the oddities and persistence. I'd buy you a beer in the real world. I would not drink it with you - even if I was drinking. But, I would buy you one. Shine on you crazy diamond, shine on.

She seems to have eaten a comedian or two since she has gone off the air. Up! All night... *sighs* I am glad I do not watch TV any more.

I dunno. People, I use the term loosely, watch those shopping channels. Those are 100% commercials. They even pay to watch them.

Who would have thought that distracting drivers with information would make them less safe as drivers?

+1 for Lemon Pledge. Works GREAT to clear bug remains! We use Lemon Pledge to clean our Cessna at the flight club.

Not much gets built as a proper taxi these days as I understand it. Yellow Cab, the makers of the vehicle itself, are out of business. There are no more bespoke cars of that nature - even cop cars are now modified outside of the factory by third parties. The UK is the only country I have been to where they have proper cabs being utilized. My solution? I do not travel for business any more so I just hire a driver or rent a car.

I'd have still gotten into the car. Chances are they were just driving to earn money. Also, well, I am not really scared of much along those lines. Additionally, it may have been interesting. Finally, I am stupid like that. I probably would not have even noticed.

You can, and will, justify breaking the rules. We are humans, it is what we do. Are the existing rules truly bad or are you just seeking to justify helping people break laws for your own benefit?