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Jerry Seinfeld: Network TV Is Dead
He says that if he were just starting his show now, he would go with an internet-centered exhibitor rather than a network.
The 55-year-old comedian also explained why the man behind NBC's iconic Seinfeld would choose the internet over the small screen. "TV is over," is his answer. "When you get to a certain point in the business, what a man is looking for in a network is the same as in his underwear. A little bit of support and a little bit of freedom," he said according to a transcript via Tubefilter. "That's exactly what Crackle offered… There's nothing different about what we're doing than what anyone else is doing on any media anywhere. TV networks are worried that you’ll figure out TV is over, and there's nothing special about it."He's still in favor of TV shows (as he's peddling one), and wasting your time watching them, but I think he's right that the delivery mechanism of tv stations and networks and schedules is dead -- or at least dying.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: jdub at April 17, 2015 11:43 AM (WDySP)
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at April 17, 2015 11:45 AM (eBNjM)
Posted by: jdub at April 17, 2015 11:45 AM (WDySP)
Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at April 17, 2015 11:46 AM (YFFpo)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 17, 2015 11:46 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 17, 2015 11:47 AM (kff5f)
I think OFA still shills "watch parties" when Ear Leader does his thing in prime time.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 17, 2015 11:47 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: John P. Squibob at April 17, 2015 11:47 AM (DQZLr)
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 17, 2015 11:47 AM (BZAd3)
This.
If everything went to an on-demand model, I'd be very happy.
Of course, network TV doesn't work like that, and can't (their business model won't allow it).
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 17, 2015 11:48 AM (kff5f)
*weeps
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 17, 2015 11:47 AM (BZAd3)
What's a Kardashian? Is that something a gay Klingon wears?
Posted by: model_1066 at April 17, 2015 11:48 AM (WEvvb)
Go stand in a checkout line at a supermarket, you can't escape them.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 17, 2015 11:48 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 17, 2015 11:48 AM (ODxAs)
Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at April 17, 2015 11:49 AM (Va5/T)
Posted by: John P. Squibob at April 17, 2015 11:47 AM (DQZLr)
I think he's pitching a format that he wants to keep living, and suggesting it move away from the dying delivery system.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 17, 2015 11:49 AM (kff5f)
Which is exactly why commercial TV is dead or dying. Who watches commercials anymore?
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 17, 2015 11:49 AM (so+oy)
For me, it's just sports.
Posted by: Feh at April 17, 2015 11:49 AM (KZ7dE)
Maybe we can attach GoPros to their heads and va-jay-jays and stream them to the Internet.
Kinda like The Truman Show, but they know that they're on.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at April 17, 2015 11:50 AM (DQZLr)
Posted by: Baldy at April 17, 2015 11:50 AM (sEXjW)
That's when the real collapse comes.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 17, 2015 11:50 AM (659DL)
Nothing is free.
And if you're not the purchaser or the seller: you're the product- which means you have little-to-no say in what is shown.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 17, 2015 11:50 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Egon at April 17, 2015 11:50 AM (/Hp3T)
Posted by: Flyguy at April 17, 2015 11:51 AM (3sOO0)
Posted by: model_1066
............
Isn't that the alien race with face like a rock on Star-Trek deep space nine?
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 17, 2015 11:51 AM (so+oy)
Posted by: model_1066 at April 17, 2015 11:51 AM (WEvvb)
Seeing as how they're all populated with leftards, I see that as a good thing.
Hell, even the local stations down here are far leftards.
May they go the way of print, onto the ash heap of history for their support of communism/progressivism and for lying to us.
Fuck 'em all.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 17, 2015 11:51 AM (0HooB)
In the words of Captain James T. Kirk, let them die.
And may, God willing, the MFM die with them.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 17, 2015 11:52 AM (zF6Iw)
EVERY TIME.
Posted by: Nip Sip at April 17, 2015 11:52 AM (0FSuD)
2 Certainly scheduling is dead. Other than sporting events, maybe, does anyone watch anything live any more?
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at April 17, 2015 11:45 AM (eBNjM)
DVRs are a Godsend for people working second and third shifts.
Posted by: buzzion at April 17, 2015 11:54 AM (zt+N6)
MLB's been doing it for at least five years...but they still black out games available on cable in the ZIP code you are streaming in because they still take money from TV networks.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 17, 2015 11:54 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: dantesed at April 17, 2015 11:55 AM (88xKn)
On demand is growing for the big networks. You can watch recent episodes and you're forced to watch the commercials because they've disabled fast-forward.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 17, 2015 11:55 AM (0HooB)
Are those the guys in the country next to Afghanistan? Who wants to keep up with them?
Posted by: Nip Sip at April 17, 2015 11:55 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: LincolnTf at April 17, 2015 11:55 AM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Big Al at April 17, 2015 11:55 AM (eqD/G)
Posted by: no good deed at April 17, 2015 11:55 AM (ZKGnj)
Posted by: brak at April 17, 2015 11:55 AM (Tj+s6)
I have a weak stream. Oh, wait a second . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 17, 2015 11:55 AM (St6BJ)
Posted by: pookysgirl on the road to recovery at April 17, 2015 11:55 AM (MKXiS)
Posted by: buzzion at April 17, 2015 11:54 AM (zt+N6)
Yep.
And NFL Network already does Gameday Replay (or whatever they call it) so you can watch games you missed later in the week.
Move that to an On-Demand Streaming service, and no one would need to watch live Football again.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 17, 2015 11:55 AM (kff5f)
This one I learned that Jerry Seinfield was still alive.
Now, if only Ace could teach me why I should care.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 17, 2015 11:56 AM (/HC6x)
Cable TV free over 2 years now. Weird to watch things at the gym because most everything looks so brain-deadeningly moronic.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 17, 2015 11:56 AM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Nancine at April 17, 2015 11:57 AM (OfXB2)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 17, 2015 11:57 AM (7s3QG)
Posted by: Nip Sip at April 17, 2015 11:57 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2015 11:57 AM (8Fqe6)
NHL does the same thing. Why pay for a service if you're rooting for the home team that you can never watch? It's dumb.
Posted by: Flyguy at April 17, 2015 11:57 AM (3sOO0)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 17, 2015 11:58 AM (kff5f)
>>If everything went to an on-demand model, I'd be very happy.
Of course, network TV doesn't work like that, and can't (their business model won't allow it).
I think they are moving that way, or being forced to move that way, but it's too soon to say they are dead.
One, they work well for immediate local news (thereare threetornadoshappening right now.Here is where they are.).
Two.Content has to come from somewhere. Some of the networks are still producing decent stuff, they just need to
Three. Sports.
Posted by: Lea at April 17, 2015 11:59 AM (lIU4e)
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That's how skanky Kim K got her start in the first place.
Posted by: Roy at April 17, 2015 11:59 AM (VndSC)
44 Do the online shows reach a large audience? I haven't watched any. I suppose after time they'll be better marketed and will reach just as large an audience as traditional tv. Whenever there is innovation, industries have to adapt or go bust. People at the networks will have to find their place or look for other work.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 17, 2015 11:57 AM (7s3QG)
Oh great thanks nerdygirl. Now we're going to subjected to thirty comments about TV ratings and how even the highest rated cable shows don't really have that large of an audience. Sure it'll be the exact same posts put up 30 times before but clearly its an OCD sickness.
Posted by: buzzion at April 17, 2015 11:59 AM (zt+N6)
Binged season 1. Serious withdrawls waiting on season 2.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2015 12:00 PM (8Fqe6)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Internecine Squabbles Coming to the Outrage Outlet! at April 17, 2015 12:00 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2015 12:00 PM (8Fqe6)
Cool. That'll probably be my next one after Daredevil, then.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 17, 2015 12:00 PM (kff5f)
Indianapolis has no MLB team, so Cubs, Cards, and Reds are all blacked out, so I can't watch half the Brewers games. So I don't buy the video package. Maybe next season, when I don't live in Indianapolis...
OTOH, I never had cable when I lived in Milwaukee so I came to fandom through AM radio, so the audio package is perfect. Sit outside and stream the game while drinking a beer.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 17, 2015 12:01 PM (ZKzrr)
>>You can watch recent episodes and you're forced to watch the commercials because they've disabled fast-forward.
See also, hulu.
Posted by: Lea at April 17, 2015 12:01 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Bigby's Cellphone Finger at April 17, 2015 12:01 PM (sgj55)
Living language, motherf*cker, do you speak it?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 17, 2015 12:01 PM (kff5f)
It always was but then you were a brain dead moron so you didn't notice.
TV makes you stupid. Makes you careless and makes you think and do things a sane person wouldn't.
It's like cigarettes. While you're smoking you don't notice that your lung capacity and sense of smell has decreased.
When You stop, suddenly you can breather easier and you smell things you haven't smelled since you started smoking cigarettes.
Cut. The. Cord. You'll feel better, I guarantee it.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 17, 2015 12:01 PM (zRby/)
Posted by: Roy at April 17, 2015 12:02 PM (VndSC)
even the highest rated...
nah look I watch shows by buying them on Xboxlive or Goggle(God forgive me)
The best wrestling show around right now ain't on TV its on WWE's network..."Nxt"...
ANYTHING we can do to force the revenue stream towards the artists takes power away from the liberal fuckwits in charge of the networks...
Longmire and Justified would still be ongoing in all likelihood if InterneTV was stronger.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at April 17, 2015 12:03 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 17, 2015 11:58 AM (kff5f)
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I liked it. High value production. Beautifully shot. It was the first series I watched on my 4k tv.
Posted by: Soona at April 17, 2015 12:03 PM (vMfRw)
Posted by: Joe Mama at April 17, 2015 12:03 PM (IRiM9)
>>Cable TV free over 2 years now. Weird to watch things at the gym because most everything looks so brain-deadeningly moronic.
I can't remember how many years its been since I cut cable, and mostly I don't care, but my gym television channel selection drives me batty. A couple local channels, every news channel known to man, and then bravo and hgtv. GAH!
I almost end up watching people buy 750k houses and put 100k of work into them before they move in. I am glad I live in Arkansas because that is insane.
Posted by: Lea at April 17, 2015 12:04 PM (lIU4e)
I wish Nexflix was around in 1980 when Shogun came out. Binged all 5 episodes back in November just to see it all uninterrupted.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2015 12:04 PM (8Fqe6)
Posted by: LincolnTf at April 17, 2015 12:04 PM (2cS/G)
Call your shots anyway...
This year I am watching Justified, Better Call Saul, Elementary, and God willing Sherlock
nuking cable cost me nothing but a net loss of 1000 bucks a year or so.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at April 17, 2015 12:04 PM (/4AZU)
You need to have him google buggy whips and buggy whip manufacturing.
And when he asks what that is, you go "Exactly".
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 17, 2015 12:05 PM (zRby/)
Posted by: Cruzinator at April 17, 2015 12:05 PM (P7ulB)
Posted by: Lea at April 17, 2015 12:05 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: brak at April 17, 2015 12:06 PM (Tj+s6)
If they put my Tragic (who just mercifully wrapped up a 25-win season) online, I would look forward to not watching them even more than I do now.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 17, 2015 12:06 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: DangerGirl at April 17, 2015 12:06 PM (FE+I8)
During the days of my childhood, you had 3 networks, which meant 3 tv shows at a time to choose from. And, it wasn't actually free, it was paid for by the sponsors. Now we have everything from mass market sitcoms, to provocative, harsh shows on AMC, to streaming '50's film noir, to reality show crap, to endless Kardashian idiocy. In the end the choices are good.
And if you want to save money you can do like my brother did. Use an antenna for what comes over the airwaves, and set a used computer near your tv just for streaming. He doesn't even pay for netflix.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 17, 2015 12:06 PM (7s3QG)
Posted by: wrg500 at April 17, 2015 12:07 PM (S+el1)
Blowtorch KMOX FTW!
On some cold, clear nights in winter, I can get KMOX on the radio in Dallas.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2015 12:07 PM (8Fqe6)
I don't have cable. Everything I watch is either over-the-air or via internet, and I'm on copper DSL. (I have a smartphone, but consuming a lot of media via my cell service would get pretty expensive fast.)
If TV is "dying", what part would die first?
I've got to believe it's over-the-air broadcasting. Then what, for guys like me?
Looks like either: 1) get cable, a loathsome proposition, or 2) Sateliite TV/internet, not much better than (1), or 3) live with copper DSL, which gags on a lot of "live" streaming right now.
Doesn't look so good for me I guess...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 17, 2015 12:07 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: model_1066 at April 17, 2015 11:51 AM (WEvvb)
But you missed out on all that liberal indoctrination from Law & Order.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 17, 2015 12:07 PM (7s3QG)
HBO has also now launched their online channel, without the need for cable TV. It is basically the same as HBO GO I think, but it is called HBO Now (www.hbonow.com).
This is another serious blow to TV. Many people will be cancelling their cable service over this, I think.
Posted by: dan-O at April 17, 2015 12:08 PM (D0bIN)
Posted by: llass at April 17, 2015 12:08 PM (Lre/J)
None of my DVDs play on the xbox1, have to break out an old 360 or ps3 to get them to play.
stupid microsoft.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 12:08 PM (x3YFz)
Several years ago when we had this exact same discussion about the death of daily newspapers, I thought a local weekly or semi-weekly rag devoted to nothing but HS sports could capture this market as well--Grandpa and Grandma want to see Snoflaque's picture in the paper. I guess people do digital scrapbooks these days. Hrm.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 17, 2015 12:08 PM (ZKzrr)
TV did that to you? Didn't know it was that powerful.
Posted by: Cruzinator at April 17, 2015 12:08 PM (P7ulB)
That's when the real collapse comes.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 17, 2015 11:50 AM (659DL)
Yep. And imagine if you could play director, and select which camera you watched. How cool would that be?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 17, 2015 12:09 PM (oKE6c)
I've yet to get a "One" and I probably won't...
if you seek national Divorce by peaceable as can be means step one is uh not sleeping with the enemy.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at April 17, 2015 12:09 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Nip Sip at April 17, 2015 12:09 PM (0FSuD)
That's when the real collapse comes.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 17, 2015 11:50 AM (659DL)
NBA League Pass.NFL Network.
It's already here, basically.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 17, 2015 12:09 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 17, 2015 12:01 PM (zRby/)
There's a cartoon called Tom The Dancing Bug. Back in 1995, I think, the artist did a one-page layout called "Flowers For Trinitron," following what happened to a fellow when his TV went on the blink. My google-fu isn't good enough to bring up a link, but perhaps a smarter moron could do it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 17, 2015 12:10 PM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 17, 2015 12:10 PM (fWAjv)
>> I have zero involvement in sales or production, but we get a few hundred subscribers for "big" high school games
When I was in high school they used to play all our games on a local pbsish tv station for free.
>>TV makes you stupid.
Guns make you stupid. Duct tape makes you smart.
Posted by: Lea at April 17, 2015 12:10 PM (lIU4e)
Very well done.
If Nick Searcy still lurks: thanks. Was a great ride.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 12:10 PM (x3YFz)
Hasn't MNF done that, or did they only stream the camera that was on Favre? (I watched it only for Sage Rosenfels. Don't judge me.)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 17, 2015 12:11 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 12:11 PM (x3YFz)
You don't have to download you can stream, and you can stream directly to your tv screen. Your tv acts as a computer monitor.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 17, 2015 12:12 PM (7s3QG)
... I don't want to go on the cart.
... I feel fine. I think I'm going for a walk! I feel happy!
Posted by: network tv at April 17, 2015 12:12 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: LincolnTf at April 17, 2015 12:12 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 17, 2015 11:58 AM (kff5f)
Watched the first one. It seemed pretty good. Just don't have the time to watch it.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 17, 2015 12:13 PM (fWAjv)
Between Amazon and Netflix (my only concessions to our garbage-generating leftist overlords), I have no time for such as this.
Posted by: Mickey Shwarma at April 17, 2015 12:13 PM (sCHw2)
Posted by: janos slynt's severed head at April 17, 2015 12:13 PM (yXvWv)
Yep. Or, you can stream to your ipad and chromecast (or whatever device you choose) to your TV.
Or run an HDMI cable from your computer (assuming you have a good video card) to your TV. No lag that way.
Or just watch TV on your 27" computer monitor.
No need to pay for cable, I cut the cord a while ago. Saves a lot of money.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 17, 2015 12:13 PM (AkOaV)
Somewhat related: I read the other day that Google or somebody has big plans for their purchase of Oculus Rift.
Imagine a 360-degree camera unit mounted inside a NASCAR where everywhere you looked, you saw what you'd see if you were sitting next to the driver.
That's a company I'd invest in, if I had some of that "money" I hear so much about.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 17, 2015 12:13 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 17, 2015 12:14 PM (zRby/)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 17, 2015 12:14 PM (0HooB)
Never watch them when they air, always DVR'd.
Doing that with 12 Monkeys. I'll binge watch when we get a rainy weekend.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2015 12:14 PM (8Fqe6)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 17, 2015 12:14 PM (zRby/)
Or run an HDMI cable from your computer (assuming you have a good video card) to your TV. No lag that way.
A lot of new sets have VGA ports as standard.
Posted by: llass at April 17, 2015 12:15 PM (Lre/J)
cable, and mostly I don't care, but my gym television channel selection
drives me batty. A couple local channels, every news channel known to
man, and then bravo and hgtv. GAH!
Posted by: Lea at April 17, 2015 12:04 PM (lIU4e)
I not only cut the cable, but converted our garage into a gym (complete with power rack, Olympic bar, situp bench, pull up bar, and gym mats) and included a flat screen there so I put on P90X or whatever, and don't have to put up with a-holes lounging on equipment.
Yeah, livin' the dream ...
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 17, 2015 12:15 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 17, 2015 12:13 PM (AkOaV)
mmm hmm. and no commercials.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 12:15 PM (x3YFz)
I haven't used a computer monitor in ~ 8 years...
HDTV baby I am typing this on a 42" screen from across the room using a wireless keyboard....
have three other PC-TV combos if inclined in the house...
Yay wireless
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at April 17, 2015 12:15 PM (/4AZU)
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I am just thankful we don't have a cowboy in the white house.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 17, 2015 12:15 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 17, 2015 12:15 PM (zRby/)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 17, 2015 12:01 PM (zRby/)
Woot! High five!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2015 12:16 PM (qbXOf)
Posted by: toby928(C) at April 17, 2015 12:16 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: llass at April 17, 2015 12:15 PM (Lre/J)
******
Most newer computers output to HDMI, and need an adapter for the old 15 pin VGA/SXGA.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 17, 2015 12:16 PM (XrHO0)
and now that theyre a regulated local monopoly, I have little hope we'll see too many new ISPs.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 17, 2015 12:16 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2015 12:14 PM (8Fqe6)
Haven't even started Justified yet. But they're all there waiting.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 17, 2015 12:16 PM (fWAjv)
into a gym (complete with power rack, Olympic bar, situp bench, pull up
bar, and gym mats) and included a flat screen there so I put on P90X or
whatever, and don't have to put up with a-holes lounging on equipment.
Yeah, livin' the dream ...
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 17, 2015 12:15 PM (oKE6c)
I just have a tractor tire and a rope.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 12:17 PM (x3YFz)
>>I not only cut the cable, but converted our garage into a gym
I have a couple weights at home. I used to have a treadmill, but it finally died on me. I do like going to the gym, I just hate their channels. I wonder if I could get netflix on my phone or something and stream it through the tv? Hmm.
Posted by: Lea at April 17, 2015 12:17 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Maureen Dowdy at April 17, 2015 12:17 PM (W5DcG)
Hockey is the only sport I want to watch, but without cable the playoffs
are difficult to see. Long term sports deals and blackouts might keep
the scum-suckers up there on life support for a few more year.
Posted by: Flyguy at April 17, 2015 11:51 AM (3sOO0)"
My freely offered advice: Find the local sports radio station for your team on the internet, listen to the Play-by-Play live wherever/whenever they play, and use NHL.com to keep track of their stats. Just like in the 1950's, but with internutz number-crunching!
Posted by: Mickey Shwarma at April 17, 2015 12:17 PM (sCHw2)
I just ordered the Amazon Fire Stick for $39.00 this morning.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2015 12:18 PM (8Fqe6)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 17, 2015 12:18 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 17, 2015 12:16 PM (fWAjv)
you wont be disappointed.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 12:18 PM (x3YFz)
>>rickb223
How is 12 monkeys? Sci Fi is not putting episodes up on their app (btw, thank you history channel for letting me see vikings in real time on roku!), so I think I will either wait to see if they upload to netflix or if I hear good things maybe buy on amazon later...
Posted by: Lea at April 17, 2015 12:19 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Bint Who Doesn't Know Shit About Computer Hardware at April 17, 2015 12:19 PM (ZKzrr)
Heh, yes but HDMI is far superior. And I don't buy cheap video cards, so I dont' have a computer capable of VGA.
HDMI, DVI and Displayport on my devices.
I try to standardize as much as I can on HDMI, because I like to stream the audio as well as video (HDMI does both).
But yes, my monitors and TVs all have VGA ins on them.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 17, 2015 12:19 PM (AkOaV)
You said BOY.
To be honest, they said cow also. And that part's true.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2015 12:19 PM (8Fqe6)
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 12:19 PM (x3YFz)
I do like his comedians in cars show. The ones with LouisCK, Don Rickles, Gad, Brooks & Reiner, & Robert Klein were very funny.
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 17, 2015 12:19 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 17, 2015 12:12 PM (7s3QG)
Yep, we have an old busted screen laptop connected to our flatscreen with a VGA cable, operated by a wireless keyboard/mouse combo from the couch. It is a great setup for watching anything we want.
Posted by: DangerGirl at April 17, 2015 12:19 PM (FE+I8)
Posted by: llass at April 17, 2015 12:15 PM (Lre/J)
And most Desktop video cards and Laptops have an hdmi port as standard.
Posted by: buzzion at April 17, 2015 12:19 PM (zt+N6)
There was a simple time when I landed in HK the colony and got a shoe shine, sauna and happy ending messagie for 7 US Dollars...
I always tipped 7 US dollars...
They probably posted a picture of me on the wall in the day...
Good Times, Good Times..
Posted by: NY Dolls at April 17, 2015 12:20 PM (/WmRg)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 17, 2015 12:14 PM (zRby/)
Too bad. Well, the story in a nutshell.
A man keeps a diary. In a childlike scrawl, he notes that his TV went on the blink.
As the days go by, he begins to read books, exercise, go on dates and even begin his own novel (his handwriting, meanwhile, getting more fluid and adult), realizing that television has robbed him of everything wonderful.
He's about to throw the TV out the window when it suddenly sputters back to life.
In the final panel, he's watching TV again. In a childlike scrawl, his diary reads, "Big excitement! On Home Improvement, Al was leaving for a job in another city, but then he didn't."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 17, 2015 12:20 PM (zF6Iw)
Ya, Internet service charges by the bit.
Video floods you with gigabits, for which you pay.
Posted by: Spectating the Absurd at April 17, 2015 12:20 PM (7ehQ2)
B'Gal and I like it. It's nothing like the movie.
Season finale was last Friday night. Lots of setups for the next season. Do start at the beginning if you haven't already.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 17, 2015 12:21 PM (0HooB)
Would you mind giving me / us an update on that in a few weeks?
My plan was to wait for Chromecast 2 to come out, but Google has shelved it.
I have 3 Chromecasts and an older Roku. I'd really like something that could run on 5 GHz and free up some 2.4Ghz bandwidth, and I'm really sick of having to go through chrome browser to stream amazon prime videos.
Sounds like the firestick checks all my boxes, but I haven't heard enough reviews yet to go out and buy one, especially since its not really a pressing need.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 17, 2015 12:21 PM (AkOaV)
treadmill, but it finally died on me. I do like going to the gym, I just
hate their channels. I wonder if I could get netflix on my phone or
something and stream it through the tv? Hmm.
Posted by: Lea at April 17, 2015 12:17 PM (lIU4e)
You can do an amazing amount of stuff with just body weight and an area the size of a double bed: jump rope, jumping jacks, burpies, jump squats, hill climbers, etc. Couple circuits of a minute each of those and I'll guarantee you'll be trashed.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 17, 2015 12:21 PM (oKE6c)
It started great, then seemed to bog down by episode three. I guess ep 2 & 3 were spent on character development. That's where I left off and let the dvr take over.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2015 12:22 PM (8Fqe6)
Posted by: Nietzsche, talkin about expiration dates at April 17, 2015 12:23 PM (JOFI1)
No. Unless youre using LTE or satellite. Most of us (currently, I feel like this pricing model may change) pay for peak bandwidth. So we have near (there is a cap) unlimited downloads, but we're throttled on how much bandwidth we can use at any one time.
Which is not a big deal, even the cheapest internet packages from AT&T and Comcast can handle streaming netflix.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 17, 2015 12:23 PM (AkOaV)
I use a 46 inch TV for my desktop monitor... I watch all my tv on it... even the TV I watch on Moms Cable (which I stream across the net)...
I'd like to jump up to 4K... but they are still fighting it out between HDMI 2.0 and the newer Display Port standards... (Beta vs VHS all over again)...
Posted by: BB Wolf at April 17, 2015 12:23 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 17, 2015 12:24 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Not Loved Time to be Feared at April 17, 2015 12:24 PM (nRvEn)
The Internal Revenue Service detailed its claim in documents filed Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Dallas. It seeks to recover more than $2 billion in unpaid income taxes, interest and penalties from Sam Wyly and more than $1.2 billion from the estate of his brother, Charles Wyly.
Sterling Software was an American software company founded in Dallas, Texas in 1981 by Sterling Williams and brothers Sam and Charles Wyly. The company was acquired by Computer Associates International in 2000 in a stock-for-stock transaction worth $3.3 billion. Computer Associates sold Sterling Software's Federal Systems Group to Northrop Grumman in 2000.
Open Secrets shows Sam Wyly giving money to practically every Republican and every Republican Committee.
Posted by: Bob Dole at April 17, 2015 12:24 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Doc Bones, talkin about has been comics at April 17, 2015 12:24 PM (JOFI1)
Posted by: Bigby's Cellphone Finger at April 17, 2015 12:24 PM (sgj55)
Seinfeld has been acting weird for a while. He's doing a lot of silly "look at me! Look at me!" crap with his weird wife.
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 17, 2015 12:25 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: West at April 17, 2015 12:25 PM (1Rgee)
Video floods you with gigabits, for which you pay.
Posted by: Spectating the Absurd at April 17, 2015 12:20 PM (7ehQ2)
Well, nothing's free. but we cut our bill by $80/mo by canning Directv.
the internet connection is always going to be 40/month so that exists with or without dtv.
netflix is 8/mo. lot better than 80.
everything else is on demand so I can choose what I want to spend money on.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 12:25 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at April 17, 2015 12:26 PM (ZkzmI)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at April 17, 2015 12:26 PM (5buP8)
Verizon has just sent me a notification that I have already consumed 90% of my bit budget which is apparently shared with six other devices on the family plan. The accumulated monthly total doesn't reset for another ten days, and there will be surcharges for exceeding the budget.
Tragedy of the commons. Someone one in the family is a bit hog.
Posted by: Spectating the Absurd at April 17, 2015 12:26 PM (7ehQ2)
Will do!
I have 3 tv/monitors at home. The smallest is a smart tv in the bedroom, one is in the computer room, (hooked to the desktop), and the big one is in the main living room. It's going on that one.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2015 12:26 PM (8Fqe6)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at April 17, 2015 12:26 PM (5buP
Too early in the day yet. Wait until at least 4:30.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2015 12:27 PM (2Ojst)
Seinfeld is worth $820 million dollars while Elaine is worth 3 billion bucks. If I had that kind of money, I would be off doing charitable works, enjoying life, being with my wife and children.
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 17, 2015 12:27 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 17, 2015 12:15 PM (fWAjv)
Yeah, our Commander in Chief wouldn't want to traumatize our enemies by putting on a show of strength.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 17, 2015 12:27 PM (7s3QG)
Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at April 17, 2015 12:28 PM (oDCMR)
I used to use my 42 inch TV as a monitor, but the resolution isn't clear enough (for me) to read comfortably on it for any amount of time.
So I keep the TV hardwired to the computer, but I use dual 27"s for my daily work and whatnot. That way I can throw videos on the TV (which is across the room) and still work on my dual monitors (my work software kind of requires 2 monitors to work efficiently).
As for 4K? I'm not there yet. Like you, waiting for the new standard to standardize, and I'm also waiting for the price to drop on the TVs.
I don't spend a ton of time watching TV shows and rarely ever watch movies. So it's not a priority to me.
It would also require me to replace all of my video cards if I plan to stream from one of my desktops, which were not cheap and are not very old.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 17, 2015 12:28 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 17, 2015 12:28 PM (7s3QG)
Posted by: Michael Corleone, talkin about Jerry's new retread shows at April 17, 2015 12:28 PM (JOFI1)
What kills me...absolutely kills me, are the number of people who go to the gym and then spend 95% of their gym time tappity-tapping on their handheld devices.
I mean, they're PAYING for that gym membership. They can tappity-tap on their own time.
Every damn flat machine in the gym has to turn into a cyber-café. But I live in an apartment so I kind of have to go to the gym. I go in the morning now, when it's all working folks who are serious about getting their workouts in and getting to work.
In the evenings, between the idiots glued to their iWhatevers while sitting on (not USING) machines, and the inner-city yoots who take over the basketball courts, I can't deal.
Posted by: Citizen X at April 17, 2015 12:30 PM (7ObY1)
I think being a "celebrity" must be its own nasty addiction. The withdrawals must drive B-listers to get attention any way they can. Even negative attention works. See: any celebrity, any where.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at April 17, 2015 12:30 PM (5buP8)
Kramer is worth a measly 45 mil and George 50 mil. I knew you wanted to know that, too.
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 17, 2015 12:30 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 17, 2015 12:30 PM (zF6Iw)
How far from the router do you think that'd be?
The TV I'd most likely try it out on would be my bedroom TV. Probably 50 feet away from my AC router.
AC on 5 GHz works fine my phones, tablets, and laptops in my bed room, but my Chromecast on 2.4Ghz (which theoretically should get better range than the 5 Ghz band) is very iffy. Which seems stupid to me, but the device is so small I guess they had to cut back on antennae size.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 17, 2015 12:30 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: LincolnTf at April 17, 2015 12:30 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 17, 2015 12:30 PM (zF6Iw)
Probably being led off in cuffs for humping Ted Cruz's trash.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2015 12:31 PM (2Ojst)
I think being a "celebrity" must be its own nasty addiction. The withdrawals must drive B-listers to get attention any way they can. Even negative attention works. See: any celebrity, any where.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at April 17, 2015 12:30 PM (5buP
And eventually you become pervert grandpa doing unfunny porn watching "jokes" on a shitty TBS sitcom for just a little taste of it again.
Posted by: Richard Dreyfus at April 17, 2015 12:32 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Vanilla Ice, My Amish show has better ratings than Jerry's at April 17, 2015 12:32 PM (JOFI1)
Posted by: maddogg at April 17, 2015 12:32 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 17, 2015 12:33 PM (39g3+)
For that tv, about 12 inches. LOL
The pc and smart tv are about 40 feet away and work fine.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2015 12:34 PM (8Fqe6)
Posted by: Tucks Medicated Pads at April 17, 2015 12:34 PM (JOFI1)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 17, 2015 12:30 PM (zF6Iw)
Ace hasn't tweeted a new message in 18 hours. Anything he's posted since then is just a retweet.
Posted by: Richard Dreyfus at April 17, 2015 12:35 PM (zt+N6)
Shit!! They're onto us! Start having smart military conversations until further notice!
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at April 17, 2015 12:35 PM (5buP8)
Ok..... Im old. Well .... older.
But I dont watch alot of scheduled TV. Nothing on the big three..... it's all crap.
But for the few shows I DO like and follow.... I like looking forward to the day they air, whether its TWD on Sunday evening or Vikings on Thursday. I like the anticipation. Its almost like a ritual. THURSDAY night is VIKINGS night.
I almost cant fathom DVRing a current season to watch on a weekend sometime in the future.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2015 12:35 PM (NaV4z)
I find most network shows mediocre. Why? Same formulas? I wont say it is due to the lack of nudity and violence. It's not even just violence on cable but cruelty. GOT, which I like, is just cruel.
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 17, 2015 12:35 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 17, 2015 12:36 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Richard Dreyfus at April 17, 2015 12:35 PM (zt+N6)
aww shit. Do we need bail money again?
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 12:36 PM (x3YFz)
Cut. The. Cord. You'll feel better, I guarantee it.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 17, 2015 12:01 PM (zRby/)
Yep, agreed.
Posted by: m at April 17, 2015 12:36 PM (WIUGG)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 17, 2015 12:37 PM (39g3+)
Living language, motherf*cker, do you speak it?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 17, 2015 12:01 PM (kff5f)
It'd be kewl if autocucumber changed "that'll" to "twatwaffle".
Posted by: jwpaine at April 17, 2015 12:38 PM (i0pY0)
Layer upon layer of complex technology.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2015 12:38 PM (cQ7p2)
Posted by: maddogg at April 17, 2015 12:32 PM (xWW96)
Yeah. Unattractive people doing stupid things. Must be a New York thing, I guess. The entire Seinfeld run came and went after I quit watching network TV, or TV in general, but I've seen enough of the show on other peoples' TVs to say that it rates a hearty "meh!" from me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2015 12:38 PM (qbXOf)
I'd set up a non union overseas production company and go direct to video. Kinda like a 21st century mimeograph machine underground distribution.
The director of the first Borne movie talks about taking a camera and the lead actor into one of the major European trains stations to bootleg some video, and how they had to run from crazed autograph hunting fans and run around the block, and back to the station for some more bootleg video to cut into the movie.
That's the way I would do it. Money for nothing and the chicks are free.
Posted by: Spectating the Absurd at April 17, 2015 12:39 PM (7ehQ2)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 17, 2015 12:40 PM (39g3+)
Saw a doc on GOT and how they shoot it. Very advanced. They have a trailer/communication center on each location so they can communicate all the time.
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 17, 2015 12:40 PM (iQIUe)
I'd buy Ginger Island and nobody would ever hear from me again.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 17, 2015 12:41 PM (0HooB)
Phrases like that fall into the same category as the word "amnesty". It's totally meaningless with a definition.
Of course, "I Love Lucy" network shows in a commercial laden format are dead (or dying fast). However, as far as video entertainment viewed on cable connected televisions, now is a golden age of innovation and excellence.
The quantity and quality of what someone has available to them today is exceptional. Anyone without access to the wide variety of entertainment and informational programming today would be a sorely uniformed recluse who would have trouble functioning in society.
Rejoice in being alive at this point in history.
Posted by: jwest at April 17, 2015 12:41 PM (9ZZd+)
What some cable channels have the ability to bring an audience that will be far harder to build on you tube and the web alternatives. The funding required to build a show is still considerable so that still points to the need for a corporate sponsor regardless if it's Amazon, Netflix, Fox or Dinsey/ABC.
Posted by: standfast24 at April 17, 2015 12:41 PM (5E9tW)
It could also be the transmit capabilities of your wireless network card in the computer or device.
And what is surrounding it... your 5 GHZ signal can 'bounce' off of things your 2.4 may not...
Because it takes a full communication loop for the handshaking needed for networking to function...
I had a client who had this same problem... finally got them a USB Network card (which should have ended up being slower)... but it allowed us to get a USB cable and get a direct line of site to her router..
MUCH better performance...
Posted by: BB Wolf at April 17, 2015 12:41 PM (qh617)
Ace isnt tweeting b/c he got lucky last nite and it is still knob polishing time.
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 17, 2015 12:42 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 17, 2015 12:40 PM (iQIUe)
******
This is the way the Studios do it. All raw footage is shipped back home for editing and effects from location.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 17, 2015 12:42 PM (cIoI4)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 17, 2015 12:40 PM (39g3+)
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Soon.
But the internet you will not miss. Light, heat and water.... you will.
Posted by: Massive Coronal Ejections Straight at Earth at April 17, 2015 12:42 PM (NaV4z)
It can't be Fox -- that 'fair and balanced' stuff doesn't happen when the 'other side' lies through its teeth and talks over the others.
I think it could happen. It doesn't take a fortune.
Posted by: SE Pa Moron at April 17, 2015 12:43 PM (xQX/f)
Hey now. Watch it, buster.
Posted by: Spectating the Absurd at April 17, 2015 12:43 PM (7ehQ2)
Layer upon layer of complex technology.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2015 12:38 PM (cQ7p2)
Yeah... aint it wonderful!!!!
Posted by: BB Wolf, IT guy... at April 17, 2015 12:43 PM (qh617)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 17, 2015 12:43 PM (0HooB)
on the internet for everything and it could all come down so very
easily. Its like a house of cards built on egshells on a teetering
platform above a raging sea. Any one of ten million things that goes
wrong causes you to have no internet at all.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 17, 2015 12:40 PM (39g3+)
True, but the very fact that it is so pervasive, and that commerce and government both depend upon it to maintain a revenue stream, means that if any part of it fails, repairs will be effected ASAP.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2015 12:43 PM (qbXOf)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at April 17, 2015 12:43 PM (5buP8)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2015 12:44 PM (8Fqe6)
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I'd rather buy Mary Anne island.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2015 12:45 PM (NaV4z)
on the internet for everything and it could all come down so very
easily. Its like a house of cards built on egshells on a teetering
platform above a raging sea. Any one of ten million things that goes
wrong causes you to have no internet at all.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 17, 2015 12:40 PM (39g3+)
quite.
have a landline. Make sure you have #s to friends, emergency numbers written on this old fashioned thing they call paper.
the internet is a luxury. and a very unreliable one.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 12:45 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 17, 2015 12:42 PM (cIoI4)
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Not always. My neighbor worked on the F& F and other movies. He had to be on location for 6 months at a time. He handled the computer/SFX side. They work round the clock, 24 hours to get it done on time. Another neighbor is doing it now but he is in LA. Still, works nights.
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 17, 2015 12:45 PM (iQIUe)
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I'd rather buy Mary Anne island.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2015 12:45 PM (NaV4z)
Thread winner...
Posted by: BB Wolf, IT guy... at April 17, 2015 12:45 PM (qh617)
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Don't be getting on your high horse. Obama's high Horseface will straighten that right wing terrorist out.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 17, 2015 12:46 PM (XUKZU)
on the internet for everything and it could all come down so very
easily. Its like a house of cards built on egshells on a teetering
platform above a raging sea. Any one of ten million things that goes
wrong causes you to have no internet at all.
Actually, the core of the internet is extremely resilient and was architected that way from day 1. There are certainly spurs that are subject to issues, particularly last mile stuff, but the backbones of the internet would be extremely difficult to take out all at once.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2015 12:46 PM (g1DWB)
http://tinyurl.com/q9pl37j
Generation Pussy Snowflakes
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 17, 2015 12:47 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2015 12:45 PM
Defended with crossbows, or longbows?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 17, 2015 12:47 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Bob Dole at April 17, 2015 12:24 PM (e8kgV)
George Soros chuckles.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 17, 2015 12:48 PM (oKE6c)
I expect full-penetration pr0n to hit NBCBSABC within a couple of years ago.
What the network apologists fail to admit is that the number of people watching is only important when those people are the product. I don't see the production crew or Kevin Spacey whining about "ratings." Producers and artists already see the future.
When the networks realize that all their johns have died or moved on, they might wake up. But then, I thought the same about newspapers.
Posted by: jwpaine at April 17, 2015 12:48 PM (i0pY0)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2015 12:48 PM (2Ojst)
Daughter is disrespectful and texting furiously.
Me: "oh... shoot.... hey can I use your phone for a second?"
/rolls window down
/tosses phone
apoplectic.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 12:49 PM (x3YFz)
Most landline phones are dependent on power. So, if your power goes out, yr're screwed. Have a spare old fashioned phone. Also, you may not be able to call instate during an emergency but you can usually call out of state. So, have a designated person.
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 17, 2015 12:49 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 17, 2015 12:45 PM (iQIUe)
****
Yep, there are exceptions. Part of my business is renting ready to use stations in a plug and play config to accomplish this to studios from shooting locations. Biz on that side has been pretty good.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 17, 2015 12:49 PM (3F6F8)
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Google up "Carrinton event". Solar storm that happened in 1859.
If that happened today.... SMOD would look like a minor inconvenience.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2015 12:49 PM (NaV4z)
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The same could be said of all forms of electronic communication and entertainment now. I don't feel I'm taking any more of a risk with the internet as I am with "established" communication channels.
Posted by: Soona at April 17, 2015 12:50 PM (/HX7u)
In a society in which "entertainment and informational programming" is thought to have value, ok.
But more needs to be said about this "trouble" in "functioning."
I see a lot of young people with zero functional knowledge of world history and culture. They've never read classics. They've never heard a live piece of symphonic music. They don't know how to read music, can't write a Python script, can't draw, don't recognize common plants, can't throw a curve ball, and so on, and on, and on.
Posted by: Feh at April 17, 2015 12:51 PM (KZ7dE)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 17, 2015 12:51 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2015 12:51 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: People Corp at April 17, 2015 12:52 PM (TzeLs)
I've confiscated computers at night and have left them at the office for a week.
It takes a day or two for them to discover that they're alive.
Posted by: Feh at April 17, 2015 12:52 PM (KZ7dE)
That's the way I engineered it. The only thing that could hurt it would be global warming.
Posted by: AlGore, Super Genius at April 17, 2015 12:52 PM (5buP8)
Posted by: Tango
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I find it remarkable that people have all of their communication channels on a single wire. Not just that, but also that wire relying upon layer upon layer of complex technology, JUST AT THE USER END.
Keyboard->PC->Monitor->Modem->multilayers of software. Same for their 'telephone', and TV.
That's without addressing what happens after curb, which is a hell of a lot more complex..., and fragile.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2015 12:53 PM (cQ7p2)
Ha, k.
I'm just wondering what the real range will be on those babies.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 17, 2015 12:53 PM (AkOaV)
your power goes out, yr're screwed. Have a spare old fashioned phone.
Also, you may not be able to call instate during an emergency but you
can usually call out of state. So, have a designated person.
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 17, 2015 12:49 PM (iQIUe)
Generator. Well. Solar rechargeable batteries.
zombie apocalypse! on it.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 12:53 PM (x3YFz)
Yea, but that wouldn't just take out the internet, that would take out just about everything electronic.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2015 12:54 PM (g1DWB)
Well... the real chokepoint for "the internet" is the undersea fiber cables that connect north america to the rest of the world.
Yeah, there are a bunch of them, but... not THAT many.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 17, 2015 12:54 PM (AkOaV)
Sure, they'll do the best they can as fast as they can. But look at how people freak out when their phone runs out of power. Just a few hours enrages people when the internet goes down they have no idea what to do without the net.
And people are downloading and streaming content instead of owning it. "DVDs? CDs? Dude its the 20th century!" Yeah, but I own my content. Its mine. Forever. And its right here no matter what happens to the internet. If I want, I can make a copy and loan it out. Or burn my own tapes/CDs that aren't vapor.
Buy your content and keep it.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 17, 2015 12:54 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Feh at April 17, 2015 12:54 PM (KZ7dE)
"I just got my first check today!" (She has a new job)
My reply: "You know how we traditionally celebrate First Check Day, don't you?"
Her: "naked bacchanalia?"
Heh.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at April 17, 2015 12:55 PM (5buP8)
Posted by: Feh at April 17, 2015 12:52 PM (KZ7dE)
it's funny. It really is.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 12:55 PM (x3YFz)
Yeah... but my iPhone not connecting to my wifi would be the least of my problems if a carrington event were to happen.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 17, 2015 12:55 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: BDP at April 17, 2015 12:55 PM (sDBB0)
Boys will pick up sticks. So eventually, they'll re-invent civilization.
Posted by: Feh at April 17, 2015 12:56 PM (KZ7dE)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2015 12:56 PM (cQ7p2)
Uh? Back in the day the lines carried power to the phones so they'd still function if main power went out. (They still do, there are highly questionable "hacks" for using them as emergency power for charging cell phones. Officially frowned upon, but in an emergency...)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented Christian Objectivist at April 17, 2015 12:56 PM (DT3rQ)
Posted by: Feh at April 17, 2015 12:54 PM (KZ7dE)
need to clarify: solar battery recharger. Genny isn't solar. That's next. One we have is diesel.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 12:57 PM (x3YFz)
Delete "ago". and add "House of Cards" to the Kevin Spacey sentence.
My thoughts are like water... being passed by an old man with prostate problems.
Posted by: jwpaine at April 17, 2015 12:57 PM (i0pY0)
>>Yeah, there are a bunch of them, but... not THAT many.
Quite a few actually. This is what I did for a number of years back in the day.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2015 12:57 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 17, 2015 12:57 PM (h4vJk)
http://tinyurl.com/o54qpvr
Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 17, 2015 12:51 PM (XUKZU)
Heh! And Boing-boing is trying to apologize, sort of. Why can't they just have the stones to flat-out say, "Look, fucktards. Transsexuals are fucked-up, stupid, broken people, and it's perfectly OK to make them the butt of jokes. Suck it up!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2015 12:57 PM (qbXOf)
Posted by: Feh at April 17, 2015 12:58 PM (KZ7dE)
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 12:58 PM (x3YFz)
http://tinyurl.com/o54qpvr
Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 17, 2015 12:51 PM (XUKZU)
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That is the fcuking stupidest issue Ive read about all week..... and THATS saying something.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2015 12:59 PM (NaV4z)
ah
did you look into natural gas? I've been thinking about it
Posted by: Feh at April 17, 2015 12:59 PM (KZ7dE)
I guess I didn't even know the dude had a first name. Kinda the same, only one has glasses?
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at April 17, 2015 01:01 PM (sH832)
Posted by: Feh at April 17, 2015 12:56 PM (KZ7dE)
so read my mind.
just toss 'em out into the wild.
they'll come back covered in mud and need some band-aids.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 01:01 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 17, 2015 12:54 PM (39g3+)
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It's called redundancy. One of the things I learned early on in life (yes, even before the internet and computers) is always have a backup. Whether it's your papers or your favorite music, money, or communications.
The military taught me to have some kind of an idea about Plan B.
Posted by: Soona at April 17, 2015 01:01 PM (/HX7u)
Oh wait...
http://tinyurl.com/nju4yan
Student's MOTHER leaves teacher unconscious in school hall after 'kicking and strangling' her to the ground ' as other kids piled in.
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Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 17, 2015 01:01 PM (fWAjv)
Margaret: "Holy crap! What was that noise"
Harry: "I don't know, let's check on the Internet".
Harry: "Hmm, I can't get a connection."
Margaret: "I'll call Mary.."
Harry: "Margaret..., the Internet IS our phone connection."
Margaret: "Oh. Well..., turn on the TV."
Harry: "Margaret, the Internet IS our TV connection."
Margaret: "Oh."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2015 01:01 PM (cQ7p2)
Cable TV free over 2 years now. Weird to watch things at the gym because most everything looks so brain-deadeningly moronic.
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Yup.
The less TV you watch, the stupider the remaining stuff looks.
I see a promo for a new show and I'm like, "nah, doesn't look so good."
Posted by: RoyalOil at April 17, 2015 01:02 PM (ZvKdv)
Posted by: no good deed at April 17, 2015 11:55 AM (ZKGnj)
*Nods with chin in palm*
...and the birdcage liner of record.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at April 17, 2015 01:02 PM (QF9nR)
did you look into natural gas? I've been thinking about it
Posted by: Feh at April 17, 2015 12:59 PM (KZ7dE)
we run on propane.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 01:03 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2015 01:03 PM (2TN4k)
There was a time when you could buy software that would rip and burn DVDs, and the DVD content you had purchased was, in fact, yours. But Hollywood, and the Federal Government extended copyright 'protection' and unilaterally declared that you, as a consumer do not 'own' content. You purchase a license to view said content under certain restrictions as decided by Hollywood and the Feds.
After the new laws, Microsoft set the kill bit on some component parts of software you had already purchased, and installed back in the day when it was legal, rendering your license to use software to copy DVD content invalid.
Posted by: Spectating the Absurd at April 17, 2015 01:03 PM (7ehQ2)
Just today, I found a YouTube video that explained what is wrong with my Holder sidewalk tractor. I've had this thing into two diesel shops and no one could figure out why it wouldn't start.
Apparently, glow plugs are wired in series. That means that if the connection between cylinder 1 and 2 is hosed, cylinder 3 and 4 will not get power. The engine will crank and sound like it wants to start, but it just won't fire.
Some guy with a Bobcat (same 48HP Kubota turbo diesel) went step by step and showed how to check and change them out.
Fuck.
This is truly a world of wonders.
Posted by: jwest at April 17, 2015 01:03 PM (9ZZd+)
Posted by: Tango
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Yessssss.
Posted by: Lord of the Flies at April 17, 2015 01:04 PM (cQ7p2)
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 17, 2015 12:55 PM (AkOaV)
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Not if.
When.
Im not a paranoid prepper type. But this will happen.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2015 01:04 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 01:04 PM (x3YFz)
...eat a ginormous dinner, sleep like a rock and then get up and do it again the next day.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 17, 2015 01:04 PM (0HooB)
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So..., just like the internet?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2015 01:05 PM (cQ7p2)
So if TV wasn't over for us older folks, it certainly will have no place in the rising generation.
Funny that in the Star Trek universe they predicted that TV would be over by 2044. I think it will be done much sooner than that.
Posted by: arcadehero at April 17, 2015 01:05 PM (27BfC)
we run on propane.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 01:03 PM (x3YFz)
Sir, I'd like to talk to you about the finest propane accessories a man can buy!
Posted by: Hank Hill at April 17, 2015 01:05 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 17, 2015 01:04 PM (0HooB)
******
As we used to call it, a Summer day.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 17, 2015 01:06 PM (3F6F8)
Boys will pick up sticks. So eventually, they'll re-invent civilization.
And use them as swords or rifles.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2015 01:06 PM (8Fqe6)
Posted by: Obama For-ks America at April 17, 2015 01:06 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at April 17, 2015 01:06 PM (5buP8)
Direct TV and Amazon is now offering some movies the same day they arrive in theaters. Say buh-bye to waiting months for a movie or tv show to be made available on dvd or via streaming.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2015 01:07 PM (2TN4k)
When I was a wee Moron, no neighborhood tree went unclimbed. No creek went unexplored. No dirt clod went unthrown. No small critter went unmolested.
Damn, that was fun.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 17, 2015 01:08 PM (0HooB)
Exactly. They barely noticed it back in the mid 19th century. It would bring our entire civilization to a halt today.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 17, 2015 01:08 PM (39g3+)
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Add in... "interracting with other human beings as human beings"
My wife teaches. She already talks about how many fewer kids have interpersonal skills in relating with other kids.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2015 01:09 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2015 01:04 PM (NaV4z)
heh. this conversation comes up a lot. what's too much? What's not enough?
it's an ROI (return on investment) analysis.
meds, food, power, water, and if things go pear shaped there will be enough of everything else just laying around.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 01:09 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 17, 2015 01:08 PM (0HooB)
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Yup. And no distance remained unwalked or unbicycled.
Posted by: Soona at April 17, 2015 01:10 PM (/HX7u)
Damn, that was fun.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy,
And the chickens are most happy you grew up.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2015 01:10 PM (8Fqe6)
you dropped the underwater cables?
That's pretty badass.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 17, 2015 01:10 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: TangoNine
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I keep my eyes open for large used batteries. Before purchase I use a borrowed load tester and hydrometer to test their state. I now have 4 1000AH lead-acid batteries that I keep on a smart float-charger. Enough to keep essential electronics working for a while, solar charging is the next step.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2015 01:11 PM (cQ7p2)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2015 01:03 PM (2TN4k)
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I thought he didnt stick with it and stopped attending many years ago.
Remember, in Hwd they target actors and professional people. They send B level actresses to rope them in. I had a couple of friends that the actress who was in Natil Lampoon Vacation was trying to lure them in. She played the sister. My supervisor was always being invited to the Celebrity Center because we were very near it. They gave her all these free books and she gave them to us as joke gifts. Nobody laughed.
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 17, 2015 01:11 PM (iQIUe)
Be far, far away from any metro area if that happens. Things would go Mad Max pretty quickly I think.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2015 01:11 PM (g1DWB)
Damn, that was fun.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 17, 2015 01:08 PM
Amen, Brother Moron! Just one small nit to pick, re: phrasing....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 17, 2015 01:11 PM (h4vJk)
Huh?
The Flash is a great show. I don't need it to be on a "special" medium.
I hate Seinfeld. Snickers at his own jokes while he says them. Yeah. Great delivery there, pal.
Posted by: RKae at April 17, 2015 01:11 PM (zu8kK)
Well, here's how I look at it...
It will most likely happen again at SOME POINT.
But how many generations of people have lived and died since the last time it happened?
What are the chances it happens again while I'm alive?
Probably pretty slim.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 17, 2015 01:13 PM (AkOaV)
it's an ROI (return on investment) analysis.
meds, food, power, water, and if things go pear shaped there will be enough of everything else just laying around.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 01:09 PM (x3YFz)
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Yeah.... my wife teases me. We have a few cases of bottled water and MREs for two or three weeks. Thats it.
But with the mountain of small arms and the tonnage of ammo in the reloading room..... we can always take more to eat....
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2015 01:13 PM (NaV4z)
Sure, in the long term. But in the short term? Imagine your child without the internet in any form. Imagine the fit they throw and the absolute helplessness they would evidence. "I'm BOOOOORRRRED!!!! There's nothing to DOOOOO!!!"
Take them to a nice dinner or a concert or something where they can't use their phone or PS2 or whatever. How long before they are itching themselves and crawling the walls like a heroin addict?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 17, 2015 01:13 PM (39g3+)
Heh. Yeah, but where do you think all of the people from the cities will go?
That's right bud. That's right.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 17, 2015 01:13 PM (AkOaV)
same day they arrive in theaters. Say buh-bye to waiting months for a
movie or tv show to be made available on dvd or via streaming.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2015 01:07 PM (2TN4k)
But then you don't get to hear a-holes yakking loudly through the movie, often with spoilers, or enjoy the semi-cleaned movie theater. You don't even have anyone shooting at the screen.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 17, 2015 01:13 PM (oKE6c)
unclimbed. No creek went unexplored. No dirt clod went unthrown. No
small critter went unmolested. Damn, that was fun.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 17, 2015 01:08 PM (0HooB)
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Yup. And no distance remained unwalked or unbicycled.
Posted by: Soona at April 17, 2015 01:10 PM (/HX7u)
yup. Just be back by dinner.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 01:15 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy
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Same here. It was heaven.
Slingshots, BB guns, dammed creeks, flimsy tree houses, bicycle, holes dug ( I remain mystified by that to this day), rope swings, barefoot all summer.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2015 01:15 PM (cQ7p2)
What are the chances it happens again while I'm alive?
Probably pretty slim.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 17, 2015 01:13 PM (AkOaV)
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1859 was how long ago???
We *just* missed getting clobbered in 2012 by a few degrees of orbit.
We've been digitally plugged in for ONE generation .... maybe.???
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2015 01:15 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 17, 2015 01:13 PM (oKE6c)
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Or shooting at you.
Posted by: Soona at April 17, 2015 01:15 PM (/HX7u)
This is a known phenomenon. Several studies have been done showing that younger people lack the basic skills for personal interaction and up close conversation. This is not a joke or an exaggeration. I wrote about this a while back, actually
http://tinyurl.com/ldrhlgr
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 17, 2015 01:15 PM (39g3+)
'Dead' and 'Dying' are misnomers, overstatements. Seinfield is right the majornetworks no longer exercise a near-monopoly on news and entertainment broadcasting but they still wield immense influence and power. It would be more accurate to say networks are readjusting tochanging market situations but will likely remain the primary media resource for several key political/economic demographic blocs, particularly the elderly, for the foreseeable future.
Posted by: troyriser at April 17, 2015 01:15 PM (XHR9b)
where they can't use their phone or PS2 or whatever. How long before
they are itching themselves and crawling the walls like a heroin addict?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 17, 2015 01:13 PM (39g3+)
1 word: fishin'
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 01:16 PM (x3YFz)
there was a short scifi story back in the '60's where humans had no direct contact with other humans, Everything was done electronically. This was in the years before the internet. It was set up as a murder mystery being investigated by a robot detective.
And so, here we are, uniformed reclusive losers unable to have a face to conversation in a civil fashion even with our own family.
as if I care.
Posted by: Spectating the Absurd at April 17, 2015 01:16 PM (7ehQ2)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 17, 2015 01:17 PM (XrHO0)
Posted by: The chicken at April 17, 2015 01:18 PM (S+el1)
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 17, 2015 01:18 PM (AkOaV)
Well for a few weeks they'll just be looting and pillaging. Then after a while a goodly number, probably a majority, will die from being killed for their stuff and just not knowing what to do without the corner store or delivery. Of the remaining survivors, how many really even know where food comes from? Once the zoo and all the rats and pigeons are eaten, and disease has killed probably half of the survivors, maybe then people will start looking in rural areas for food.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 17, 2015 01:19 PM (39g3+)
Well I know after I finish off my giraffe kabobs (from the local zoo, I like where your heads at), I'm going toward where the food and waters at. Which I think most people can figure out, is away from the city.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 17, 2015 01:21 PM (AkOaV)
of software you had already purchased, and installed back in the day
when it was legal, rendering your license to use software to copy DVD
content invalid.
Fascinating.
Posted by: Linux geek copying DVD's at April 17, 2015 01:27 PM (4WhSY)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 17, 2015 01:19 PM (39g3+)
there was a russian general (too lazy to google him) who said he hated fighting Americans because we don't follow doctrine.
Last night I penned a paper on a rolling ambush (no details: TTPs and all that) which I'll submit maybe tuesday, point being: Don't come out here. Yer not going to make it.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 17, 2015 01:28 PM (x3YFz)
You just described my boyhood.
Plus, Playboy in the treehouse, 60' up.
Posted by: Feh at April 17, 2015 01:29 PM (KZ7dE)
It could be far worse than you suggest.
If I were one of the studios why should I even bother with the cable providers anymore?? I have to identify a content line up with them. Then I have to negotiate a price. If we get to loggerheads (yeah I am talking about you TimeWarner...), I might have my brand damaged and blocked. Far better to come out with a direct package of my own like Hulu or Crackle. Mr/Mrs consumer, you can have access to the entire MGM catalog except for the current year for $5/mo. For $10/mo we will even include any release older than 60 days.
* No more dealing with a program manager.
* Reduced risk on my income streams. (4 majors vs millions of individual viewers.)
* More income that I am doing now.
Once the studios recognize this, TV is REALLY dead.
Posted by: johnmc at April 17, 2015 01:54 PM (ZVUS/)
One scene has the country music singer asking Cmdr Data if there was anything on the "boob tube" to watch aboard the 24th century ship.
Data answered "ah...television. that particular form of entertainment did not last beyond the early 21st century."
Posted by: MikeD at April 17, 2015 02:16 PM (uKJIC)
Posted by: Barack Obama at April 17, 2015 02:19 PM (xkSSa)
Sign will read: will draw fire for food
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