From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E0wsV-0001X1-HA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 05 Aug 2005 07:44:28 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j757gKf9012252; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 07:42:20 GMT Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.203]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j757gJ9D012217 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 07:42:19 GMT Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i1so91514wra for ; Fri, 05 Aug 2005 00:43:08 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=CKMo54lwTvRmq4uK1eSmb41hQQb0njgdn8L9GQI1DLmDG8Vdlf1oOF0D3nYuIUI/hMmzTE48gYBXTcPBiF6aOm6dROoe2U/1jP+KTnoZwRfdY1dWo4VUSTS733EkYSGvETvQ2p9GhMP4yn1ICc7FSS/04J4Er2f1Gk0RRh32xhY= Received: by 10.54.49.48 with SMTP id w48mr2300597wrw; Fri, 05 Aug 2005 00:43:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.124.5 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 00:43:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 02:43:08 -0500 From: Arm Suwarnaratana To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] hijacked! :) television (was: x86_64 optimization patches for glibc.) In-Reply-To: <20050805002815.GB27037@no-eff-eks.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_7986_22069607.1123227788300" References: <42E258A7.5080501@telia.com> <42EFCC76.7010706@erols.com> <20050802232729.GA25019@no-eff-eks.com> <200508040228.21684.luke-jr@utopios.org> <20050805002815.GB27037@no-eff-eks.com> X-Archives-Salt: 0085a6fe-9c02-4710-842b-2fd33f6c8049 X-Archives-Hash: e0853cd8c7e5840736c1594a76a3c52a ------=_Part_7986_22069607.1123227788300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I have 3 channels in english.... and 34234029348 spanish channels. If i wan= t=20 to switch from CBS to NBC i have to go outside to turn my yagi : (. On 8/4/05, Sami Samhuri wrote: >=20 > * On Thu Aug-04-2005 at 02:28:21 AM +0000, Luke-Jr said: > > On Tuesday 02 August 2005 23:27, Sami Samhuri wrote: > > > * On Tue Aug-02-2005 at 03:41:42 PM -0400, Matt Randolph said: > > > > You may be missing out on those few shows that are actually well > > > > written. On the other hand, it is probably better for your health t= o > > > > simply do without TV altogether. > > > > > > > > I find it extremely entertaining that you (apparently) have Cox=20 > cable > > > > internet, and yet you have no TV to speak of. More power to you. > > > > > > I haven't had cable TV in years. I too despise advertisements. Most o= f > > > them are insulting at best. My ISP is the local cable provider, Shaw, > > > and they called me up to offer me $10/month cable television service. > > > The lady was shocked I didn't have cable, and even more shocked when = I > > > asked why I would want to pay for commercials. (radio is free is it > > > not? greedy cable companies!) If I had the money for a nice HTPC and > > > a fine selection of channels then I would probably get cable. However= ,=20 > I > > > have no desire to sit and channel surf through piles of ads. As you > > > said, we are missing out on the _few_ shows that are well written. No= t > > > to mention movies. > > > > Can always download them... (assuming they're legally downloadable, if= =20 > you > > prefer the assumption ;) >=20 > I've never looked into legally downloadable content. Do many producers > do that yet? >=20 > I have to say, as soon as they start mass-producing 5TB disks and I can > put 6 of those in a slick HTPC, I'm going to archive my movie collection > as well (music is archived, CD's are just for the discman now). If they > started selling downloadable DVDs I would buy those and burn the backup > discs myself. >=20 > I think this is getting a little too OT. Sorry list. :) >=20 > -- > Sami Samhuri >=20 >=20 >=20 --=20 chicken goes cluck cluck, cow goes moo, leamer goes phh phh how bout you? ------=_Part_7986_22069607.1123227788300 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I have 3 channels in english.... and 34234029348 spanish channels.  If i want to switch from CBS to NBC i have to go outside to turn my yagi : (.

On 8/4= /05, Sami Samhuri <sami@no-eff-eks.com> wrote:
* On Thu Aug-04-2005 at 02:28:21 AM +0000, Luke-Jr said:
> On Tuesday= 02 August 2005 23:27, Sami Samhuri wrote:
> > * On Tue Aug-02-200= 5 at 03:41:42 PM -0400, Matt Randolph said:
> > > You may be mi= ssing out on those few shows that are actually well
> > > written.  On the other hand, it is probably be= tter for your health to
> > > simply do without TV altogether.<= br>> > >
> > > I find it extremely entertaining that y= ou (apparently) have Cox cable
> > > internet, and yet you have no TV to speak of.  = ;More power to you.
> >
> > I haven't had cable TV in yea= rs. I too despise advertisements. Most of
> > them are insulting a= t best. My ISP is the local cable provider, Shaw,
> > and they called me up to offer me $10/month cable television = service.
> > The lady was shocked I didn't have cable, and even mo= re shocked when I
> > asked why I would want to pay for commercial= s. (radio is free is it
> > not? greedy cable companies!) If I had the money for a nice H= TPC and
> > a fine selection of channels then I would probably get= cable. However, I
> > have no desire to sit and channel surf thro= ugh piles of ads. As you
> > said, we are missing out on the _few_ shows that are well wri= tten. Not
> > to mention movies.
>
> Can always downlo= ad them... (assuming they're legally downloadable, if you
> prefer th= e assumption ;)

I've never looked into legally downloadable content. Do many produc= ers
do that yet?

I have to say, as soon as they start mass-produc= ing 5TB disks and I can
put 6 of those in a slick HTPC, I'm going to arc= hive my movie collection
as well (music is archived, CD's are just for the discman now). If they=
started selling downloadable DVDs I would buy those and burn the backup=
discs myself.

I think this is getting a little too OT. Sorry lis= t. :)

--
Sami Samhuri





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