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Title: ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming
Post by: GameSnake on May 01, 2006, 10:00:58 PM
is the Internet going replace TV some day?
http://slashdot.org/articles/06/05/01/194220.shtml
Title: Re: ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming
Post by: Sidoh on May 01, 2006, 10:02:12 PM
Quote from: GameSnake on May 01, 2006, 10:00:58 PM
is the Internet going replace TV some day?

Probably not.  I'd argue this for the same reasons I don't think IP phones will ever fully replace the current telecommunication system.
Title: Re: ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming
Post by: GameSnake on May 01, 2006, 11:52:02 PM
Quote from: Sidoh on May 01, 2006, 10:02:12 PM
Quote from: GameSnake on May 01, 2006, 10:00:58 PM
is the Internet going replace TV some day?

Probably not.  I'd argue this for the same reasons I don't think IP phones will ever fully replace the current telecommunication system.
Hey you never know..
Title: Re: ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming
Post by: Sidoh on May 01, 2006, 11:58:23 PM
Quote from: GameSnake on May 01, 2006, 11:52:02 PM
Hey you never know..

Relying on the same infrastructure for multiple commodities would be extremely unwise.  I highly doubt the leaders in technology will overlook that disadvantage.
Title: Re: ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming
Post by: MyndFyre on May 02, 2006, 12:46:11 AM
Quote from: Sidoh on May 01, 2006, 11:58:23 PM
Relying on the same infrastructure for multiple commodities would be extremely unwise.

What, you mean like roads, aircraft and trains?
Title: Re: ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming
Post by: Sidoh on May 02, 2006, 12:58:26 AM
Quote from: MyndFyrex86] link=topic=5744.msg67593#msg67593 date=1146545171]
What, you mean like roads, aircraft and trains?

None of which rely on any sort of backbone structure.
Title: Re: ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming
Post by: dark_drake on May 02, 2006, 01:06:56 AM
Quote from: Sidoh on May 02, 2006, 12:58:26 AM
Quote from: MyndFyrex86] link=topic=5744.msg67593#msg67593 date=1146545171]
What, you mean like roads, aircraft and trains?

None of which rely on any sort of backbone structure.
I really think all airplanes should be able to run on railroad tracks.  Also, all trains should be able to fly.  Finally, cars should be powered by wind.
Title: Re: ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming
Post by: MyndFyre on May 02, 2006, 01:07:12 AM
Quote from: Sidoh on May 02, 2006, 12:58:26 AM
Quote from: MyndFyrex86] link=topic=5744.msg67593#msg67593 date=1146545171]
What, you mean like roads, aircraft and trains?

None of which rely on any sort of backbone structure.

No, my point was, they are the infrastructure for countless commodoties.
Title: Re: ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming
Post by: Sidoh on May 02, 2006, 01:14:26 AM
Quote from: dark_drake on May 02, 2006, 01:06:56 AM
I really think all airplanes should be able to run on railroad tracks.  Also, all trains should be able to fly.  Finally, cars should be powered by wind.

I love you.

Quote from: MyndFyrex86] link=topic=5744.msg67598#msg67598 date=1146546432]
No, my point was, they are the infrastructure for countless commodoties.

You're taking it out of context... I know they're infrastructures, but it's completely unrelated to the topic.
Title: Re: ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming
Post by: dark_drake on May 02, 2006, 01:18:59 AM
Quote from: Sidoh on May 02, 2006, 01:14:26 AM

I love you.
Why won't you go all the way with me then?:P
Title: Re: ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming
Post by: Sidoh on May 02, 2006, 01:30:11 AM
Quote from: dark_drake on May 02, 2006, 01:18:59 AM
Why won't you go all the way with me then?:P

/me ... turns on "As I Lay Dying - Through Struggle"

  Remove from me this deception
  That I've called love
  That I've called love
Title: Re: ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming
Post by: MyndFyre on May 02, 2006, 01:32:12 AM
Quote from: Sidoh on May 02, 2006, 01:14:26 AM
You're taking it out of context... I know they're infrastructures, but it's completely unrelated to the topic.

How is it out of context?  Look at what you said:

Quote from: Sidoh on May 01, 2006, 11:58:23 PM
Relying on the same infrastructure for multiple commodities would be extremely unwise.
We already do that, every day!
Title: Re: ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming
Post by: rabbit on May 02, 2006, 06:34:22 AM
It's called oil.

Oil makes gas.
Oil makes plastic.
Oil makes a lot of other things as well.  It's dangerous.
Title: Re: ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming
Post by: Sidoh on May 02, 2006, 10:44:47 AM
Quote from: MyndFyrex86] link=topic=5744.msg67607#msg67607 date=1146547932]
How is it out of context?  Look at what you said:

Quote from: Sidoh on May 01, 2006, 11:58:23 PM
Relying on the same infrastructure for multiple commodities would be extremely unwise.
We already do that, every day!

Because it is totally unrelated to the subject of this thread.

QuoteRe:  ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming

Quote from: Sidoh on May 01, 2006, 11:58:23 PM
Relying on the same infrastructure for multiple commodities would be extremely unwise.  I highly doubt the leaders in technology will overlook that disadvantage.

If you were unable to catch on to my implications, I was talking about technology.  I should have elaborated, but I'm certain you were able to understand where I was coming from.  I think you're just looking for reasons to make me look dumb. :P
Title: Re: ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming
Post by: MyndFyre on May 02, 2006, 11:24:38 AM
Quote from: Sidoh on May 02, 2006, 10:44:47 AM
If you were unable to catch on to my implications, I was talking about technology.  I should have elaborated, but I'm certain you were able to understand where I was coming from.  I think you're just looking for reasons to make me look dumb. :P
It's not that I was trying to make you look dumb.  You made a broad, generalized statement that has little if anything to do with reality. 

Technologically speaking, we already use the same infrastructure for a lot of the varied services.  In my area, the phone company delivers phone service over the same lines they use to deliver broadband internet and digital cable.  The same phone company also offers satellite TV and DirectWay. 

Whether you'd like to admit it, or whether you'd like to say you're "in a different context," you're wrong about not using the same infrastructure for multiple commodities.  It happens all the time, in countless situations, from delivering real goods to soft services.
Title: Re: ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming
Post by: GameSnake on May 02, 2006, 01:17:58 PM
Just to toss something out there, the radio was replaced in popularity by the TV, but it's still there; I think in much the same way computers will become the dominant media center for TV/Music/maybe games one day.
Title: Re: ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming
Post by: Sidoh on May 02, 2006, 10:11:42 PM
Quote from: MyndFyrex86] link=topic=5744.msg67622#msg67622 date=1146583478]
It's not that I was trying to make you look dumb.  You made a broad, generalized statement that has little if anything to do with reality. 

Then what are you attempting to accomplish?  I assume that you understand what I was trying to get accross.

It had an implied scope.  I'd hoped that you, of all people, would be able to recognize that.

Quote from: MyndFyrex86] link=topic=5744.msg67622#msg67622 date=1146583478]
Technologically speaking, we already use the same infrastructure for a lot of the varied services.  In my area, the phone company delivers phone service over the same lines they use to deliver broadband internet and digital cable.  The same phone company also offers satellite TV and DirectWay. 

Yeah, but those aren't the only companies.  I'm saying I don't think the internet will ever replace the TV network.

Quote from: MyndFyrex86] link=topic=5744.msg67622#msg67622 date=1146583478]
Whether you'd like to admit it, or whether you'd like to say you're "in a different context," you're wrong about not using the same infrastructure for multiple commodities.  It happens all the time, in countless situations, from delivering real goods to soft services.

I've already admitted it.  If I haven't, I meant to.  It just seems pointless to argue about something like this when it's obvious what I was talking about.
Title: Re: ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming
Post by: dark_drake on May 02, 2006, 10:31:29 PM
I declare me the winner of this debate for coming up with the best solution ever.