"Misuse of Bandwidth" (was Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] BitTorrent and TV shows)

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 23:46, Terry Henderson wrote:
> Just my opinion, but just don't see much use in downloading movies or
> TV programs from the internet, if I watch movies or TV I'll use my TV
> or go to the theater.  But this is a bit off topic...

One might think it is off-topic at first glance.

But a bunch of Linux experts talked about this one day in the mid-'90s. 
They discussed such details, the business of providing a new and
innovative solution.

And TiVO was born.

So if costs of technical and cost feasibility come up among other issues
in a discussion that is clearly focused on Linux -- be it a home-grown
solution or the merits of a Linux-based solution (like TiVO) that has a
huge community following of hacks, I don't know if it's such a bad
thing.  ;->


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Bryan J. Smith                                    b.j.smith at ieee.org 
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