TiVo question. I'm ditching satellite tv and getting a TiVo to use with (the entity formerly known as) Comcast. For someone who's never used - or even seen - a TiVo before, which one should I get? I thought, I'll buy a TiVo! not realizing there are 923859845 versions of it. I want something simple, that a Luddite can use.
That's insane troll logic!
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Zenkitty - Feb 12, 2010 4:14:16 pm PST #12801 of 25501
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Tom Scola - Feb 12, 2010 4:22:31 pm PST #12802 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I'd wait until next month before buying a TiVo. They have some sort of big announcement on March 2.
§ ita § - Feb 12, 2010 5:41:31 pm PST #12803 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How can one find out how exposed you are by Buzz?
I went to the profiles page where it suggests you look at Felicia Day. Not a bad idea, huh? At the time when I clicked through her she had a public Buzz message. To wit:
Buzz things turn up as a message in your inbox?! Disabling now. Heart attack.
omnis_audis - Feb 12, 2010 5:48:49 pm PST #12804 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
just shows, not all Google ideas are golden.
Sue - Feb 12, 2010 5:52:50 pm PST #12805 of 25501
hip deep in pie
whoops wrong thread.
Jesse - Feb 12, 2010 6:01:01 pm PST #12806 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
How can one find out how exposed you are by Buzz?
I was wondering about that, too, but the thing about how to get rid of it said to start with your profile, and I've never set one up, so I'm clear? No idea.
le nubian - Feb 12, 2010 6:01:58 pm PST #12807 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
even if you have never set up a profile, you still need to take the other steps.
if people who follow you have public profiles and you respond to one of their buzzes, the world may know your gmail address.
§ ita § - Feb 12, 2010 6:03:43 pm PST #12808 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've never set one up, so I'm clear? No idea.
Not necessarily. The woman who was complaining about the intrusion of her privacy because of the exposure to her abusive ex was quite deliberate about keeping on the down low and had no profile, but somehow had followers--I think she found them in gmail?
megan walker - Feb 12, 2010 6:04:52 pm PST #12809 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yeah, I don't have a profile, but I had followers until I turned off buzz.
Jesse - Feb 12, 2010 6:16:29 pm PST #12810 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
if people who follow you have public profiles and you respond to one of their buzzes, the world may know your gmail address.
I don't follow anyone. One time I set up some stuff in google reader, but don't use it. I'll clear that out, I guess. I never saw anything in Buzz, but I never looked.