RE: [scifinoir2] Internet on TV might come right out of a box

2010-01-01 Thread Martin Baxter
17:34:38 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Internet on TV might come right out of a box I think comscum was trying to blame Time/warner for pulling the programming. They put a scroll at the bottom of the screen telling folks to call an 800 num

Re: [scifinoir2] Internet on TV might come right out of a box

2009-12-31 Thread Mr. Worf
-- > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: hellomahog...@gmail.com > Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:55:17 -0800 > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Internet on TV might come right out of a box > > > That's the just of it... Last year they threatened to stop airing th

RE: [scifinoir2] Internet on TV might come right out of a box

2009-12-31 Thread Martin Baxter
players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:55:17 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Internet on TV might com

Re: [scifinoir2] Internet on TV might come right out of a box

2009-12-31 Thread Mr. Worf
That's the just of it... Last year they threatened to stop airing the cartoon network, Nickelodeon, MTV, Nick Jr. and others on Christmas day! Talk about a squeeze play. That is pure evil. Can you imagine the chaos? On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Martin Baxter wrote: > > > Reading this now (Ke

RE: [scifinoir2] Internet on TV might come right out of a box

2009-12-31 Thread Martin Baxter
Reading this now (Keith's reply had the text of this truncated, for some reason), I'm as angry as he is. Nothing here but Big Cable screwing us all over, while making us think that we're getting more. "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the d

Re: [scifinoir2] Internet on TV might come right out of a box

2009-12-30 Thread Keith Johnson
Reading this angered me. I've been asking cable company reps for twenty-plus years why I can't purchase a box at the local electronics store, the same way I can purchase a phone. I've had them seriously try to give me scientific reasons as to why it's not possible to create boxes that can be sol