the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

It's only a matter of time, MURP.  Then again, your music collection is probably growing too, so you scl00ed!

[PhillyPhanInDC]

NBC reveals Duke accuser pictures:

[PhillyPhreak54]

Anyone seen rjs lately?

[Diomedes]

I may be late to the party, but here's why I dig my iPod:

a.) it was a gift (free!)
b.) when i don't ride the motorcycle to work, I ride the subway.  it's great for that.

Carry on.

[Geowhizzer]

Anyone seen rjs lately?

Hopefully he's planning David Bell's untimely demise.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Anyone seen rjs lately?

RJS: "Screw you guys....I'm going home."



And it has been a lonely.....cold........more touchy-feely place since. Minus the lonely and cold parts.

[Diomedes]

Good farging riddance.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Yeah, but you hate people so much that you hate yourself, too.

[MDS]

i found him bitterly entertaining. come back, asswipe. come back.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

iTunes to sell you your own home movies for $1.99 each

[Father Demon]

Technology out of control.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060420/ap_on_hi_te/anti_ad_skipper

New Technology May Force TV Ad Viewing

By MAY WONG, AP Technology Writer Wed Apr 19, 9:51 PM ET

SAN JOSE, Calif. - In this era of easy ad skipping with
TiVo-like video recorders, could television viewers one day be forced to watch commercials with a system that prevents channel switching?

Yes, according to Royal Philips Electronics. A patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says researchers of the Netherland-based consumer electronics company have created a technology that could let broadcasters freeze a channel during a commercial, so viewers wouldn't be able to avoid it.

The pending patent, published on March 30, says the feature would be implemented on a program-by-program basis. Devices that could carry the technology would be a television or a set-top-box.

Philips acknowledged, however, that the anti-channel changing technology might not sit well with consumers and suggested in its patent filing that consumers be allowed to avoid the feature if they paid broadcasters a fee.

On Wednesday, company officials issued a statement that noted the technology also enables the opposite: allowing viewers to watch television without advertising. The intention was never to force viewers to watch ads against their will, the company said of the technology.

"We developed a system where the viewer can choose, at the beginning of a movie, to either watch the movie without ads, or watch the movie with ads," the company stated. "It is up to the viewer to take this decision, and up to the broadcaster to offer the various services."

The company also said it had no plans to use the technology in any of its products.

Philips wanted to provide the technology and seek the patent only as part of the broader developments within the industry, Philips spokesman Andre Manning said.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I would stop watching any shows/channels with forced ads.  It's that simple.

[ice grillin you]

i cant wait until i die and dont have to live in this sickening world

[SunMo]

link?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

link?

link.