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Old January 3rd 18, 03:10 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Mayayana
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"Diesel" wrote
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| I don't share files remotely, either. But, unlike yourself, I have
| several machines in file server roles too. One for music, one for
| movies/concerts, etc. Too much data to move around via usb stick.
|

I can see that. I just don't have the need.
My computer is my desk and file cabinet, and
a secondary bookshelf; not my movie or music
store. I don't listen to music, and movies come
from the library or Netflix DVDs. I just don't
have occasion to connect to other computers
in the house. And usually only one, at most, is
running. That would be the computer of my
ladyfriend, who also uses hers as a desk.

If I were going to allow networking I'd do
it only on a sacrifice computer, where I didn't
keep any personal data, only using it for specific
networking needs.

You may wonder about streaming. Why don't
I use a computer to stream from Netflix or Hulu
to a TV? I've thought of that, but I don't see
anything that makes the effort and expense
worthwhile.
Netflix streaming, last I checked, was down
to about 4,000 titles that are mostly junk, and
the number keeps going down.
(OK, some people don't think Star Wars is junk.
My condolences to them. I find it tragic that
George Lucas never got a real job so that we
might be spared his endless regurgitation of
witless cartoons.
Netflix streaming actually rotates movies in
and out. The fees to the studios have made
good service untenable for the prices they
charge, so it's gradually turning into a TV
network with a smattering of 2nd rate movies.

(Come to think of it, that's kind of what happened
to "premium" cable. They went from providing
top-rate movies to a combination of TV shows
and movies that never made it into the theaters.
I suspect the movie studios probably offer good
deals on royalties for new venues but then come
knocking once companies like Netflix, Cinemax,
HBO, etc start making good money.)

Netflix DVDs available when I checked recently
were 93,000. I checked because a lot of people
tell me I should get streaming. But I don't want to
watch serial TV shows and my taste in movies is
mainly "art house" fare that's hard to get. What
I might define as inspiring works of art that are
somehow "touching", rather than entertaining.

It's all just as well. I don't like the way things
are heading with digital entertainment. Cable
services are intrusive and expensive. Streaming is
likely to be worse in terms of intrusion. And now
we have to worry about computerized TVs spying
on viewers and conversation, in order to target ads.
I'm happy with rabbit ears and library/Netfix DVDs.
I'm on my way to the library today, to see what
they've got to watch for the next few days, as
I may get snowed in by the "snow hurricane"
coming up the east coast.

.... Though I do have a few VCR tapes in my
"media library". Wouldja like to borrow Spalding
Gray's Monster in a Box, or Joseph Campbell
interviewd by Bill Moyers, circa 1986?


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