That makes some sense, but it's becoming increasingly easy to automatically download ahemmed TV shows using RSS feeds so that users like me can watch them on our set-top boxes soon after they air (usually within hours, and definitely by the next day). With no commercials. Or for that matter use a Tivo and still skip all the commercials. They'd be a lot better off letting me use Hulu.
You're wrong about River. River's not on the ship. They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave. So she melted... Melted away. They didn't know she could do that, but she did.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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Gris - Aug 27, 2009 4:40:48 am PDT #11036 of 25501
Hey. New board.
Jessica - Aug 27, 2009 4:44:56 am PDT #11037 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Why? I mean, if you're not watching the ads anyway, what's their incentive?
Gris - Aug 27, 2009 5:23:10 am PDT #11038 of 25501
Hey. New board.
I would watch the ads with Hulu. I don't think you can get around it, and the ones on the web site are minimally intrusive anyway. I only watch the pirated versions because I don't have a better, easier, more legal choice. I could spring for an Apple TV and watch iTunes shows on it, I guess, but it's kind of an expensive proposition just to watch a few TV shows at my leisure when I already have good equipment.
What I really think they should do is work out some sort of subscription system for Hulu. I'm paying $15+ a month for my Netflix subscription, which is great for back titles. I would pay $15 a month for Hulu, too, or $2-$4 a month for individual channels (eps + extra features, like on the Glee channel). Do they get more than that much advertising revenue per viewer? I've never really examined the numbers, but I have a hard time believing my one eye is worth more than $1 an episode.
Tom Scola - Aug 27, 2009 5:25:26 am PDT #11039 of 25501
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Do they get more than that much advertising revenue per viewer?
Considering the number of PSAs that pop up, it looks like Hulu is vastly undersold.
§ ita § - Aug 27, 2009 5:31:05 am PDT #11040 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
it's becoming increasingly easy to automatically download ahemmed TV shows
Well, with the impending doom of Mininova, a wrench may be thrown into the works.
tommyrot - Aug 27, 2009 6:03:24 am PDT #11041 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A clever place to hide your passwords (if you have to write them down): Passwords on floppy disk
The picture explains it all. You put your password on a tiny piece of paper that you stick on the floppy's magnetic disk. So to find the password you'd have to have the right floppy, have the floppy's disk rotated to the correct place and then slide the floppy's protective metal cover out of the way....
§ ita § - Aug 27, 2009 6:26:20 am PDT #11042 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Doesn't having floppy disks stand out these days? I've never used the floppy drive on either of my desktops, and my laptop doesn't have one.
tommyrot - Aug 27, 2009 6:31:43 am PDT #11043 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Doesn't having floppy disks stand out these days?
Well yeah, there is that.
Yesterday I had to install some 13-year old software that came on two floppies. Had to hunt around for a computer with a floppy drive (I ended up using our database server's floppy drive).
Fred Pete - Aug 27, 2009 7:44:07 am PDT #11044 of 25501
Ann, that's a ferret.
I actually have some floppies in my office. That sounds like an actual use for them.
§ ita § - Aug 27, 2009 7:52:52 am PDT #11045 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I like my software password vault on my phone. I'm not going to carry floppies around with me to keep my passwords handy, but my phone goes where I go.