Comments on: Ranting in the Sunday Age http://stilgherrian.com/media/ranting_in_sunday_age/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive le poisson rouge sauvages! Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:08:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Michael Meloni http://stilgherrian.com/media/ranting_in_sunday_age/#comment-12335 Michael Meloni Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:37:19 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/media/ranting_in_sunday_age/#comment-12335 Channel 9 (and some other free to air stations I recall) not so long ago tried to stop a PVR getting sold here. Why. Advertising could be skipped. I never heard what the outcome was. The fact they tried though shows they are unprepared for what's to come. It's similar to the music industry. Rather than embrace new tech, they tried to halt it so they could take control of it or wipe it out completely. Neither happened there and neither will happen in the case of TV. Channel 9 (and some other free to air stations I recall) not so long ago tried to stop a PVR getting sold here. Why. Advertising could be skipped. I never heard what the outcome was.

The fact they tried though shows they are unprepared for what’s to come. It’s similar to the music industry. Rather than embrace new tech, they tried to halt it so they could take control of it or wipe it out completely. Neither happened there and neither will happen in the case of TV.

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/media/ranting_in_sunday_age/#comment-12333 Stilgherrian Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:55:35 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/media/ranting_in_sunday_age/#comment-12333 <strong>@grum:</strong> I didn't have the heart to tell her that the name "Stilgherrian" comes from the 1980s or, possibly, even the very late 1970s. Let's keep 'em thinking it's modern. @grum: I didn’t have the heart to tell her that the name “Stilgherrian” comes from the 1980s or, possibly, even the very late 1970s. Let’s keep ‘em thinking it’s modern.

]]> By: grum http://stilgherrian.com/media/ranting_in_sunday_age/#comment-12332 grum Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:47:09 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/media/ranting_in_sunday_age/#comment-12332 very 21st century eh? very 21st century eh?

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