Posted by AZ Nomad on 10/12/05 04:24

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:41:20 -0400, Allan <Spamstillsucks@buffyandkantica22arebrianlamb.net> wrote:


>On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:02:24 GMT, AZ Nomad <aznomad@PmunOgeBOX.com>
>wrote:


>>>You need to change cable companies...
>>
>>You need to get out more and perhaps read a newspaper for once in your life.
>>
>>Newsflash for you: high speed internet users are still in the minority.

>No idea what High Speed Internet and Video on Demand have in common.

That's the most idiotic statement I've read on usenet this year.

I never would have believed that anybody could be moronic enough to think that
video on demand could exist without a high speed internet connection, or that
anybody would think waiting a full month for to download a two hour movie would
be preferable to a trip to the video store, or the 3 day wait for netflix.






>"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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