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DivX DVD Player Comparison
These are DVD Players that play DivX format movie files. So you can burn your DivX files to a CDR and play them on your TV.
Here's the thing: the only reason products like this exist is to play downloaded content, and a lot of that downloaded content is unauthorized - DVD rips of movies, for instance. If you own a DVD, are you really going to go to the trouble of ripping it to your hard drive, converting it to a lower-resolution format, and burning it to a CDR, just so you can watch it on your fancy new DVD player? You might rip something to your hard drive and leave it there, which is what a streaming media set-top box like the Hauppauge MediaMVP Digital Media Receiver. Even that is a product that probably wouldn't exist if people didn't have content downloaded from P2P networks. This isn't a comment on P2P. But I think these things are the bongs of consumer electronics.
Naked Olympics Banned on NBC
Linda Stasi, a TV writer for the NY Post who is a terrific writer, has this piece about the Olympic ceremonies this past summer that were not shown by NBC, but still garnered nine complaints from assorted nitwits. Thing is, the footage never aired. The photo that was in the Post isn't online, but there's one here. This was apparently a bigger brou-haha than I knew about: NBC turns over tapes of Olympic opening eremony to FCC after complaint has more info. Bizarre. Why does anyone care about this sort of thing? That said, who thought it was a good idea to dress a bunch of guys up like statues from some bizarre sci-fi flick, make 'em naked and use that to open the Olympic games? Since they knew the event was televised, why do a bit with naked guys? There is some logic, I suppose, since they are meant to look like Olympians. But it's more than a little weird. Hell, The Lingerie Bowl is only available via Pay-Per-View (and big points to them for hilariously claiming that the Janet Jackson boobslip was staged to compete with their event). The fact that the FCC gets involved in crap like this is an embarrassment. In a related story, the FCC has graciously agreed not to try and regulate Satellite Radio, as if they have a choice. It looks like it was an attempt by a small station owner to make it harder for Sirius, et al, to get subscribers. It's a SATELLITE, people. Not the public airwaves. You have to PAY TO GET IT. Michael Powell is good on some things (like Voice Over IP), but for the most part he's a wad.
Sports Blog Found!
FootballOutsiders.com is a blog, although it doesn't look like one, which isn't a total surprise. For example, the RSS link is there but isn't easy to find. Are sports fan not interested in reading a page that looks too geeky? Are RSS aggregators like Kinja the way of the future? Is a blog a big turnoff when it looks crappy?
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Remixes From The Dark Side
This is kinda funny in a silly way. Long remix of a bunch of stuff, starting with Cher.