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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Stroller [mailto:stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk] |
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> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 10:59 AM |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3?? |
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> Routers: |
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The router issue was probably missed by a number of |
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people simply because in the states it is common for |
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the company to either lease out a router, or sell a |
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branded one that is just a standard router with the |
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Yahoo or cable company logo stamped on the side. At |
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the end of the service term it either goes back to the |
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Company or you can keep using it for the next service. |
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I get the impression that it is the same in Japan. |
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YahooBB (Their branding in Japan) has an option to pay |
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two or three hundred yen exta a month to lease a router. |
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>From what you are saying, it sounds like it is safe to |
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assume that it is NORMALY that way in the EU countries |
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as well. I could be wrong there. ^^;; |
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> The TiVo issue: |
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I previously missunderstood how the TiVo functioned. I |
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have to admit when I am wrong. I was under the impression |
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that the unit worked through a specific network or |
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providers that connected to the network. I have read |
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a little more on the subject, and I have to say that |
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there is a difference between a device designed to connect |
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to a specific network and receive a service, and a device |
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that is advertised as a DVR with a few addons. |
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The DirectTV reciever boxes make a littler more sense that |
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way, but not the standalones. |
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I still believe that a vender has a right to present a |
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service as they intend to use it, as long as they are |
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completely honest with their customers and do so within |
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the terms of any contracts they have with content and |
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software providers. In this case that means the GPL. |
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They were within the word of the GPL at the time. However, |
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they were not totally honest with the way they advertised |
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And hyped their product. |
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:P |
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After reading the Wikipedia article, I see that the VCR+ |
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concept was the same thing without the requirement for |
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network fed TV guide listings. I _THINK_ VCR+ used an |
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encoded time stamp and channel number. :P |
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It never caught on so well though, because it didn't have |
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a lot of hype behind it except for the listing in the |
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TV Guide, and it used VHS tapes instead of a digital format. |
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