Hmm...got something to hide Eric? :) I understand how you might feel, but I've got no problem with that. If keeping track of my viewing habits helps the networks to stop programming moronic advertising I'm in favor of it.
If my viewing habits helps convince advertisers that I'll sit through a well-done commercial and skip through the screaming bulls**t they try to feed me (hear that Kia?) then I'm in favor of it. And as long as I can still time shift my recorded shows, it's fine with me. B.Eric Bradley wrote: > Was just reading that story today. I resolved to stay away from Tivo > after I started reading about how much information they were > gathering on viewing habits. > > http://www.latimes.com/business/la-et- > tivo17nov17,0,3236496.story?coll=la-home-headlines > > > On Sunday, November 21, 2004, at 08:43 PM, Rob Kersting wrote: > >> The TV tuner cards are handy sometimes, especially during boring >> days at the office. >> >> As for TiVo, you're correct, it's not going out of business, but >> it's being changed drastically in the next few months. >> >> Networks are bitching (what a surprise!) about the ability to >> time-shift and skip through commercials so the software will be >> flashed to compromise. IIRC, in the future, while you're >> fast-forwarding through the commercials, you'll get a banner ad for >> something or another. >> >> I heard the story on NPR Friday, but I can't track it down now. I'll >> keep searching. >> >> rob >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
