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Posted by Allan on 11/26/05 14:20
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:39:01 -0800, "Alpha" <none@none.net> wrote:
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>"Zygon Curry" <zctgsGuessYouAllKnowWhatToRemovE@clara.co.uk> wrote in
>message news:7ip9o117vqmok4u8u74vajoca420244jim@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:47:14 -0500, Kimba W. Lion <kimbawlion@aol.com>
>> wrote:
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>>>Howard <stile99@email.com> wrote:
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>>>>Ah, Sony supports Blu-ray, eh?
>>>
>>>Sony developed Blu-Ray, and the Blu-Ray player that has to be hooked up to
>>>the internet so it can report on what you're watching and decide whether
>>>you
>>>have a right to watch it.
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>> Whoah....
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>> You're saying that I'd need a permanent Internet connection just to
>> watch a movie?!
>
>Quite true. There was a huge announcement about this and soon thereafter
>Paramount et al. joined the Blu Ray group....the MPAA loves this idea.
There is no hardware provider that has stated the above to true. I've
asked for a link many times... and so far, zip.
"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
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