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Fun Fact: I own porn I can't watch

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Re: Fun Fact: I own porn I can't watch

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Post by sschueller »

throwawayacc3 wrote: post #8

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I don't understand? Why would you post a blog on the public internet and then have an issue over it being shared? It's not like HN is reprinting it and the discussions are interesting.

I would not have know about this format if it hadn't been posted here.

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Post by csours »

sleepychu wrote: post #9
throwawayacc3 wrote: post #8

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foone uses they/them pronouns :-)

I'm sure I'm not the first to say this, but I'd prefer to use they/them as the default for people I don't know well (ie, everyone on the internet that I don't have a social or parasocial relationship with)

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Post by agotterer »

sys32768 wrote: post #13

Very fascinating. Reminded me of FlexPlay from 2003, "self destructing" DVDs for short-term rentals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexplay

Before that it was DIVX, Digital Video Express (not the codec), who in the late 90s tried to create an alternative to video rentals: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIVX.

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Post by Finnucane »

jayd16 wrote: post #6
standardUser wrote: post #3

This is incredibly fascinating. The one thing I don't get is how the Cartrivision was used to record off of TV. Was it a built-in feature? Did they sell blanks? Or maybe it was some kind of hack? EDIT: According to Wikipedia they did have a built-in record feature and the Wiki page even shows an image of a blank tape. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartrivision

You can just record over used magnetic tape, no? You don't necessarily need blanks.

But the player has to have the record function. Did it allow for that or did someone mod the hardware?

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Post by crunchyfrog »

sys32768 wrote: post #13

Very fascinating. Reminded me of FlexPlay from 2003, "self destructing" DVDs for short-term rentals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexplay

It reminded me of DIVX[1] from 1999. Amazing how many times this horrible greedy idea was tried.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIVX

Re: Fun Fact: I own porn I can't watch

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Post by WirelessGigabit »

sys32768 wrote: post #13

Very fascinating. Reminded me of FlexPlay from 2003, "self destructing" DVDs for short-term rentals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexplay

Indeed! Nice 'documentary' (what do you call this format?):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccneE_gkSAs

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