In other words, Fox is putting its full weight behind torrents and other piracy methods.

Seriously, video media content producers (TV, movies) learned absolutely fucking NOTHING from the whole Napster thing with the music industry, did they?

So Fox is going to stop streaming their stuff next day on Hulu unless you can prove you have a cable subscription.

headdesk

Because, sure, why wouldn't you need a cable subscription to watch broadcast TV over the internet?

In other words, Fox is putting its full weight behind torrents and other piracy methods.

Yep. As a cable subscriber, I already download content that I have access to from various sites because of their scheduling shenanigans - (why not let a program that starts at 9:02 run over to 10:05)? I have had more programs cut off at the end and this is a big problem because my tivo records 1 channel at a time.

There are all kinds of ways to find network content on the internets and quite a few of these ways do NOT involve torrents.

There are all kinds of ways to find network content on the internets and quite a few of these ways do NOT involve torrents.

I know that; I wasn't implying there weren't. I just think that when the networks -- particularly the broadcast networks -- make it harder for viewers to see programs, piracy is going to keep going up.

I just think that when the networks -- particularly the broadcast networks -- make it harder for viewers to see programs, piracy is going to keep going up.

Yeah, that's what the tech writer at Slate has been arguing. Make it easy to get the stuff legally, and people won't cheat. Make it clunky or difficult, and they will.

my sentence wasn't a criticism, it was an enhancement of your previous point. they love to go after torrent sites, but the whole issue is much broader than that.

hmm. This complicates what to do about Netflix.

OMG, I keep forgetting my phone can be a hotspot and T-Mobile has unlimited internet. They don't cap, but they do throttle. Still, it's better than nothing, when you're in the middle of wherever.

I've been looking for accessories for the 10.1' tablet, and things are pretty thin on the ground. I found a decent book-style cover, but it doesn't even have a loop for a stylus.

Stil enjoying myself. That cable that guy had to pay $70 for? I ordered for $5 from NewEgg.

I'd love to find an application that uses the screen as rotating gallery of photographs.

Interesting thing about QuickOffice--I don't know if it does it on all the other platforms, but it lets me open and save from the cloud pretty easily -- dropbox is just as easy to get to as Google Docs as a number of other options I didn't take. It's a very liberating futuristic feeling.

New computer came with Chrome, which I like well enough, but I'm missing some of my Firefox extensions. However, nothing I've heard about the new FF versions makes me that happy about upgrading. Do I have any other useful browser options?

The older versions of Firefox are still available. There is a Windows version of Safari. And there is Opera.