[PLUG] MythTV on the small and cheap.

[Alan]

On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 00:00, Michael Robinson wrote:
> >
> >
> >I watch tv on a decent 17inch flatscreen monitor, positioned on my
> >coffee table, and its great. Not only do I save the cost of a tv, but
> >the eyesore and real estate of some huge tv across the room.
> >  
> >
> Between porn 49 and there's no way that that is superboy 32, why watch tv
> at all?

49 is far from porn.

Crass and stupid maybe, but not porn.

> Besides, I hear another option for bigscreen viewing is a projection screen,
> like the ones used in classrooms at PCC and PSU, with a three color ceiling
> mounted projector.  Big picture, hardly any space used.
> 
> There are some web broadcasts that are nice, but they generally call for 
> more
> than a 500k dsl line.  The biggest problem with television today is not even
> being able to watch the news without worry of porn stories or steamy ads.  
> The news is really awful about showing pictures and even worse about
> hype, especially channel 8.  It was bad enough to get Cialis ads in my
> inbox, now there is a tv ad advertising it.  I don't watch any TV, not even
> pornTrek.

And it sounds like you should not watch any TV until you grow up.

"pornTrek"???  You have got to be kidding me?  If you think what passes
for Star Trek these days is Porn, then you need to watch some real porn
to figure out the difference.  

Big hint:  One is people having sex to cause sexual arousal in the
viewer and the other is flogging a dead franchise to make a few more
bucks off of Rodenberry's spinning corpse.  If you are getting aroused
watching Star Trek, you need serious therapy.

Actually if mentioning sex cause you as much distress as it appears they
do, then you really do need some help. Sex is a part of being a mature
adult.  If seeing or hearing it mentioned causes you discomfort, then
you have a sexual dysfunction that you need to deal with, in one way or
another. Most well-adjusted people are able to see it, and if it does
not interest them, move on.

Unfortunately there are people who are trying to inflict your neurosis
on the rest of society at large.  They need to get a grip as well.

-- 
"Prophecy is a guess that comes true. When it doesn't, it's a
metaphor."  -- Ambassador Vir Cotto, Babylon 5