Re: [CGUYS] gray weekend
Actually, I remember talk of AC Nielsen putting motion detectors and infrared sensors in their boxes to count warm bodies. Thirty years ago. (and now you know how old I am.) - Original Message - From: "Steve Rigby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Definitely worthy of our consideration. Actually, this is old news. Similar "experiments" have already been carried out many years ago by some cable companies. I guess the "experimenting" is kinda over, and it is time to go mainstream with such shenanigans. The paranoia mood of the public is now more accepting of such intrusions into our privacy, or what used to be privacy, now an archaic concept soon to be relegated to the dustbin of history. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] gray weekend
On Mar 22, 2008, at 7:56 PM, Admiral Harris wrote: Actually, I remember talk of AC Nielsen putting motion detectors and infrared sensors in their boxes to count warm bodies. Thirty years ago. (and now you know how old I am.) Ditto on the age thing. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] gray weekend
On Mar 22, 2008, at 5:47 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: A silly article of no consequence. More consequential is another shorter story tagged on at the end: Comcast is "experimenting" with adding spy cameras to its cable boxes so they can better report on consumer behavior. Now that is something worth our consideration. Definitely worthy of our consideration. Actually, this is old news. Similar "experiments" have already been carried out many years ago by some cable companies. I guess the "experimenting" is kinda over, and it is time to go mainstream with such shenanigans. The paranoia mood of the public is now more accepting of such intrusions into our privacy, or what used to be privacy, now an archaic concept soon to be relegated to the dustbin of history. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] gray weekend
Spy cameras on our cable TV boxes? They meant to publish that on April 1, didn't they? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] gray weekend
>Basically it's what Apple fanboys are clamoring for. Or seem to be. I >see it all the time on this list. >http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/business/22online.html?th&emc=th A silly article of no consequence. More consequential is another shorter story tagged on at the end: Comcast is "experimenting" with adding spy cameras to its cable boxes so they can better report on consumer behavior. Now that is something worth our consideration. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] gray weekend
Hagiography? I had to look it up too. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hagiography Basically it's what Apple fanboys are clamoring for. Or seem to be. I see it all the time on this list. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/business/22online.html?th&emc=th Another interesting article in the NYTimes today about the failure of municipal wireless: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/us/22wireless.html?th&emc=th "But when City Council leaders here held a hearing in December to question EarthLink about how it intended to keep service running and complete the planned network, the company failed to show up." * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
