Hey FCC how about you grow some balls

So Ceton announced their 6 tuner cablecard tuners today.

http://cetoncorp.com/products/infinitv/

I'd love to purchase one as already have a pc in the home theater rack ready to go BUT not being able to record HBO/Showtime etc and then watch them on other devices EXCEPT windows media center extenders makes this device impotent.

My real issue however is the fact that you cant do on-demand viewing for the hbo/showtime series eg game of thrones/borgias/mad men and on demand movies etc, though to be honest with 6 tuners on the new models you could almost record every show and watch them from your media center pc.

Considering congress forced all the tv manufacturers to install cablecard into the TV's.......then why not force the cable companies apart from they bribe the shit out of politicians every election.

The FCC needs to grow some balls and force the cable providers to offer the same "on demand" features on cablecard that are available on cable providers set top boxes, and yes the Endgadget HD podcast mentioned this and made light of the fact that the Tru2way standard has been around since 2007 but no one has implemented it however I truly think that if congress initiated a law that said cable companies couldn't charge for services......until cablecard had the same functionality....then they'd find a way.

Space Oddity

This is SO TRIPPY!!!!

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo&feature=youtu.be

The Great Gatsby

Wow Baz Luhrmann what a genius.

If anyone thought Romeo and Juliet was a fluke...and just didn't understand Australia....The Great Gatsby confirms he can take a classic and make it better with his ability to eek out the absolute very best from his actors.

BTW finally high profile role for Joel Edgerton....almost out acts DiCaprio. The second half of the hotel scene (not the leadup...that was obvious) but the subtle "winning over" in the scenes second half is pure talent.

Oh and yes...there will be people who say its too slow...and too long....(some people walked out when we watched it) my answer to them is stick with your Hollywood action Jackson films, this is a film for film lovers.
Does anyone know where it was shot? was it another shot in Australia made to look like the usa production?

Cheers,
Dean

P.S. neat...someone cut the Robert Redford Gatsby in the 2013 style - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2N1f0z5zwA&feature=youtu.be

Verizon.....what will it take to win you back

Lol why do companies even bother with marketing like this.

BTW been using my S4 on Tmobile for a week and no probs at all with my “new” uunlimited data requirements…..

Cheers,

Dean
 

 

From: Verizon Wireless [mailto:verizonwireless@email.vzwshop.com]

Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 9:19 AM
To: Dean Collins
Subject: Dean, what will it take to win you back?
 

From: Dean Collins

Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 9:22 AM
To: 'Verizon Wireless'
Subject: RE: Dean, what will it take to win you back?

I called and asked several people why you were choosing to block existing “unlimited data” customers from signing up to new 2 year plans…….was told

Frank the CFO of Verizon said recently …”We don’t think people really want unlimited data” so Verizon made a commercial decision no one on a grandfathered unlimited data plan could sign up for a new subsidized handset on a new 24 month plan eg. If you had unlimited you had to pay for your phone outright in order to continue with your plan (in effect paying for the phone twice in both cash upfront and on a higher plan cost per month).

I guess you didn’t want me to sign up for a new S4 after all……

Cheers,
Dean Collins

 

 

 

 

Crappy antivirus software ranks low down the shame pole

lol this guy cracks me up and shows he's still the smartest in the bunch.



http://features.slashdot.org/story/13/05/07/2017203/interview-john-mcafee-answers-your-questions
Doesn't it bother you that your name is being used to peddle one of the worst anti-virus products on the market? Often it comes pre-installed on computers as a 30 day trial (crapware), with dire warnings flashed up in the event that the user fails to pay (scareware). The performance hit it brings is huge. Would you advise anyone else to name their product/company after themselves in this way?

McAfee: I haven't been involved with McAfee Ant-virus for 21 years. When I ran the company the software was the best and least intrusive on the market, and in 1991 we had 87% of the world market. What happened after I left was none of my doing. As to name association, I am a master at sullying my own name and, all things considered, being associated with the worst software on the planet ranks way down the pole. It's barely a blip in the ocean of associations - madman, paranoid, child molester, murderer, drug addict, unstable, liar, to name but a few.Thank god I'm 67 and will probably be too hard of hearing soon enough to have to listen to them rattling around wherever I go. Amy, thankfully, did half the job already by bursting my left eardrum when she tried to shoot me in the head while I slept back in 2011.

Nimble.tv

lol how Nimble.tv are sharing USA content to Australian customers and not being sued out of existence like yesterday i'll never know.

I guess that's the business model these days....raise a ton of money and break the law and fingers crossed you can get away with it (heck it worked for Napster right....and he's only excited by BIllions not Millions).

If you read this comment - http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2063000 - about some Australians who signed up for USA based Dish services....I imagine the subpoena for Nimble.tv's CRM/email database is coming in 3,2,1

Australian tattoo registry

The fact that this is even being considered by Australian government shows that they've forgotten governments WORK for the PEOPLE....not the other way around!!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-08/tattoo-registry-rejected-as-infringement-on-rights/4677754

A registry for tattoos ....whats next registry for every cash transaction over $5,000...just in case we want to know something about you....." HALT!! Hand over your names and papers please"

Removing excel sheet protection

Neat !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEc7dIqk5-I

I had no idea removing password protected excel sheet protection was that easy.

Google takes minor stake in Lending Club llc

Well this is interesting..... - http://www.lendingclub.com/public/lending-club-press-2013-05-02.action

I wonder if "web searches" can be a risk factor determinate in calculating risk and therefor potential default indicator?

Eventually the double dutch eats you....?

Reading this article today - http://www.crn.com.au/News/341698,apples-massive-us17-billion-bond-deal.aspx? - I caught this interesting sentence

Although the company has a staggering $US145 billion in cash, only $US45 billion of that is readily available in the United States - meaning Apple needs to raise about $US60 billion over the next three years to fund the shareholder capital return plan.

Makes you think....does eventually the double dutch eat you from within? If you cant spend it on overseas acquisitions will it always eventually catch up? or is there yet another tricky dick way around this as well?