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Oct 19, 2005 12:45

Poll The Idiot Box

file sharing, the internet, polls, money, television

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ruthling October 19 2005, 16:49:49 UTC
You should make a point of buying DVDs of a couple of shows you really like, though, to support them making more, and to force^h^h^h^h^h enable all your friends to watch them.

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prog October 19 2005, 17:01:24 UTC
The BBS? Are you mistyping "BBC" or do you mean the INTARWEB BBS or huh?

I will likely buy DVDs and stuff anyway, because even if I bought one or two a month I'd still be saving money, I reckon. (He said, before calling RCN and seeing what they can actually do for him. He hates talking to the salesweasels at RCN. jmac is a twitching field mouse before them.)

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Hmm. kyroraz October 19 2005, 17:36:08 UTC
I'm a little softheaded about the whole good/bad thing when it comes to downloading shows or anything like that ... If I have to, I usually only get shows that are not on currently or offered on DVD. If it is rerunning, then, I won't ( ... )

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rserocki October 19 2005, 18:00:12 UTC
Whether you do or don't download stuff from the I-net, unsubscribe to cable television anyway. I went back to cable because a sibling thought it was a shame I wouldn't get the in-depth coverage of issues provided by watching television news but I've decided that I cannot possibly care about watching television news and I think he's wrong anyway. So I went back to no-cable a few years ago and I find ways to entertain myself. P.S. Outer Limits original series is available on (fiddle-)DVD.

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space fury! cramerica October 19 2005, 19:05:34 UTC
colecovision, wasn't it?!? what a nostalgia headrush!

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Re: space fury! cramerica October 19 2005, 19:06:01 UTC
there, that's better.

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Re: space fury! rserocki October 19 2005, 19:09:13 UTC
I only know of it from arcades.

Sooooo... a creature for my amusement. Prepare for battle!
Is there no warrior mightier than I?
You are starting to annoy me, creature. My destroyers will annihilate you!

The Space Fury alien guy had a cameo as the last enemy in another vector graphics game called Zektor.

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daerr October 19 2005, 18:57:45 UTC
Um, isn't your Internet access cable based?

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prog October 19 2005, 19:21:55 UTC
Yes. "Canceling all TV service" would actually mean "minimizing all TV service" here. I have digital and HBO and other crap.

Of course it theoretically could mean "killing all cable and switching to DSL" but that's probably not an option since DSL still probably totally sucks in this neighborhood. It did as recently as a year and a half ago, anyway.

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cortezopossum October 19 2005, 19:22:20 UTC
I had internet access via my cable company at my previous place. The way they handled it was that if you had cable TV with them you pay the regular internet access fees -- but if you did NOT subscribe to cable TV as well you would pay an extra $10/month.

Minimal basic cable TV (local channels plus about 15 more) was only about $17/month. We figured for the extra $7/month we could use better local TV and those few extra channels .

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