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    OMG, this is TEH EVIL!

    Just read an article on a German site (for those who can read German it's here: http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/techn...411910,00.html )

    It says that Philips has a patent on a certain technology that prevents you from switching channels on your tv when ads are running Even worse, they also have something that makes it impossible to fast-forward these ads on recorder units......

    I think these are truly evil inventions. Maybe Ming's behind them


    If such units are actually built and sold is another matter the article says, since many customers probably wouldn't accept that stuff.

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    I saw that...I'm pretty sure consumer outrage would kill this quickly...
    "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

    "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."

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    • #3
      I blame Bush
      A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.

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      • #4
        lol...Every dem needs a scapegoat
        "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

        "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."

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        • #5
          LOL . . . . you can't tell a sarcastic post from a sincere post!!
          A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.

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          • #6
            (psssst....mine was sarcastic too)
            "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

            "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Kaak
              (psssst....mine was sarcastic too)
              oh
              A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.

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              • #8
                Now if they would invent something that would automatically change the channel to another when commercials start then change the channel back when the commercials finish, that would be something.

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                • #9
                  wow wtf... that's seriously .. a nice patent. Kill them.
                  In da butt.
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                  • #10
                    I think Phillips is doing us a favor, volunteering to pay the money to patent this so EVIL companies can't use it. Incidently, if they are EVIL enough to use this EVIL technology and obviously intend to do so exclusively it will just drive up the sales of their competetors.
                    "The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.

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                    • #11
                      Re: OMG, this is TEH EVIL!

                      Originally posted by BeBro
                      Just read an article on a German site (for those who can read German it's here: http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/techn...411910,00.html )

                      It says that Philips has a patent on a certain technology that prevents you from switching channels on your tv when ads are running Even worse, they also have something that makes it impossible to fast-forward these ads on recorder units......

                      I think these are truly evil inventions. Maybe Ming's behind them


                      If such units are actually built and sold is another matter the article says, since many customers probably wouldn't accept that stuff.

                      they'll probably try to phase out older tvs and soley replace them with this, or alternatively offer these tvs much cheaper then non-crap tvs. The government should hit back and ban advertising on Cable though since users are already paying for it.

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                      • #12
                        @MrFun: I was recently told by a fundy that gays invented irony. The inescapable conclusion is that you're straight.
                        Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

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                        • #13
                          just don't buy a Phillips TV. sounds simple enough.

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                          • #14
                            I bet there's a massive conspiracy underway to get them a monopoly in the tv business, so then we'll have no other choice
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                            • #15
                              Of course there is a choice. Don't watch TV.
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