Generational differences in Attitude on Net use and Privacy

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Generational differences in Attitude on Net use and Privacy

mcrbids

Tue Jan 30 21:22:58 -0800 2007

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TV changed politics. In another few decades, will TV's hold on everyone's mind be broken? If campaigns become able to succeed without TV ads, will money be less important to elections?

In my household, this has already happened. There's probably more video watch a la YouTube in this household than makes it thru the TV. We have the Dish DVR and two TVs, but they aren't use as much. But there are 9 computers in my house, all with 1.5 Mbit broadband Internet service, and they are constantly used. (I'm father of 5 kids, with 2 more foster kids, and I'm a software engineer)

Yes, it's a bit extreme in my household - but the trend remains. The neighborhood kids hang out at my house, and they spend lots of time on the computer. It's obvious what they prefer.

TV is on the way out. The RIAA has no clue how hard they're about to get hit.

Generational differences in Attitude on Net use and Privacy

President4242

Wed Jan 31 09:49:29 -0800 2007
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Do you count the Dish DVR as one of the computers, and do you use it to distributeTV to the other screens in the house?

Generational differences in Attitude on Net use and Privacy

mcrbids

Thu Feb 01 11:00:50 -0800 2007
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Technically, it is a computer - but it's not a general purpose computer. It functions strictly as a fancy VCR. And yes, it serves video to both computers in the house.

Generational differences in Attitude on Net use and Privacy

President4242

Fri Feb 02 06:54:47 -0800 2007
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I'm just asking because I do the same thing off of DirectTV with a Windows XP box running BeyondTV. Although, mainly it just serves recorded TV to my cell phone....