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    Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)

    Obnoxious Local Ads Coming to DirecTV in 2011

    How An Illegal Filipino Satellite Combated the Censorship of Obama's Speech in China

    AT&T Cruisecast: 20 Satellite TV Channels For the Car

    AT&T to Dump Dish Network, Start Selling DirecTV

    New Dish Network Satellite Launched, More HD Channels On the Way

    AT&T Dumping Dish TV (Is Satellite Screwed?)

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    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    11/04/09

    In reply to Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    In-car satellite TV never made sense - why waste $1300 and $20-30 a month on something you ever only use at most 30-40 minutes a day - and then only on maybe one or two days a month?

    The driver doesn't benefit from the system - they can't watch the TV either way and there's no programming FOR adults (it's all cartoons - and crappy ones at that).

    Only way in-vehicle satellite TV works is if you're going cross-country in an RV. And then I'd just stick with a prepaid DishNow system or else just use free-to-air (and accompanying hacks to get onto Dish). Or if I were smart, I'd stray towards RV parks with free WiFi and just Hulu all the shows I want to see when traveling. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    11/04/09

    In reply to Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    There's a similar situation with a town listed as "Ioka, IA" near where I live. It's on Google maps, but there is literally one house there. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of trs trs
    11/03/09

    In reply to Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    What the hell kind if mac fan website posts a video that can't be viewed on an iPhone? #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/04/09

    @trs: Does seem kinda silly, yes. Should at least have a QT version available. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of wanago wanago
    06/17/09

    In reply to Obnoxious Local Ads Coming to DirecTV in 2011
    How else will we know what is happening on "SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY!"
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    06/17/09

    @wanago: With Nitrous funny car ACTION, ACTION, ACTION?
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    06/17/09

    @TripleTheOrder_GitEmSteveDave: They're already here, do we have to keep hustling them like this?
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    Image of TerryinSt.Paul TerryinSt.Paul
    06/17/09

    In reply to Obnoxious Local Ads Coming to DirecTV in 2011
    But how will I ever get my fill of local furniture store ads? Is it me or are the best/strangest local ads always furniture ads.
    5 seconds on youtube proved me right.



    + Watch video





    + Watch video





    + Watch video
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    06/17/09

    @TerryinSt.Paul: WTF??? Is that Red House one for real????
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    Image of ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD
    06/17/09

    In reply to Obnoxious Local Ads Coming to DirecTV in 2011
    Why is that bad? Low budget commercials are always the best.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    06/17/09

    @darkstar: For a second, I thought this was the commercial where the lawyer talks about not letting people urinate on you.
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    Image of Onoskelis Onoskelis
    01/22/09

    In reply to How An Illegal Filipino Satellite Combated the Censorship of Obama's Speech in China
    Elaine Chow = Whining about a country's polices and beliefs. Hate China? Good for you. You can leave at any time.


    Typical liberal puppet.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/22/09

    @Onoskelis: This seems a lot easier to say from a different perspective, doesn't it? Typical liberal puppet? Who, pray tell, is the puppeteer? Is this just something cool to say?
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    01/22/09

    In reply to How An Illegal Filipino Satellite Combated the Censorship of Obama's Speech in China
    You Rock, Elaine.


    It sucks you have to go through that shit.

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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    01/22/09

    In reply to How An Illegal Filipino Satellite Combated the Censorship of Obama's Speech in China
    Wait, $300/year and you get HBO? How do I sign up here in the U.S?
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    01/22/09

    In reply to How An Illegal Filipino Satellite Combated the Censorship of Obama's Speech in China
    I don't know about that rest of that article, but my the looks of that picture China finally got something right.
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    Image of Cordfucious of Tech Clan Cordfucious of Tech Clan
    01/22/09

    @Shamoononon has hebetudinous dog ★★★★★: ouch. Come on now he's not that bad.....
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    Image of ConfuciusMax ConfuciusMax
    01/21/09

    In reply to How An Illegal Filipino Satellite Combated the Censorship of Obama's Speech in China
    My god there's censorship in China! NO! I'd like to award Gizmodo with the Madden award for most obvious post ever :-P. I still love you Giz. Also, they didn't just do this with Obama but our prior presidents as well as other foreign leader's speeches. Just saying, the apparent second coming Mr. Obama is not the first to be censored in China.
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    01/22/09

    @ConfuciusMax: Chill. The article is really about the gray market for satellite TV in China, which makes it a tech article. If you can't handle that, you'll just have to ask Elaine for your Gizmodo subscription money back.
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    Image of phytonix phytonix
    01/21/09

    In reply to How An Illegal Filipino Satellite Combated the Censorship of Obama's Speech in China
    OMG Obama is censored in China the sky is falling!!

    Like there is no censorship in the US... Thought you would have opened your eyes since you've traveled the world...
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    Image of tkohrs2002 tkohrs2002
    01/22/09

    @phytonix: yeah, man, that government, man is like totally censoring us man. We should have like a..... A DRUM Circle....man.....


    Theres no censorship here. If there was we never would have seen one of Bushes scripted speeches. The ones he "speaks good in". And people are some how "enlightened" becuase they travel the world. You are probably one of those people who worship Europeans, and say things like, "you know, in europe they use....". Come on.

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    Image of Effin' Eh Effin' Eh
    01/22/09

    @tkohrs2002: Theres censorship in the US like... uh.. swearing on TV just gets you a fine... umm... Screaming "FIRE!" in a daycare gets you arrested.


    Isn't close to the average country's level of censorship at all, but hey... its... somewhat there...


    ... okay, it just gets you a warning, until the cops think you're out to cause trouble instead of genuinely stupid.

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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    01/22/09

    @MDevonB: Censoring television is completely different here. There are channels that are not censored. Censorship here is more the government caving into the demands of parents than the government telling us what we can and can't listen to or watch. As for yelling "Fire!" in a crowded room, that is because it represents a clear and present danger to people. Other than that, you can't slander or libel people because you could potentially be taking away someone else' rights by doing so depending on what it is you say and to whom you say it.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/22/09

    @MDevonB: That's true, the FCC definitely censors a lot on TV. Sometimes I wonder where they draw the line.
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    Image of Substance_D Substance_D
    01/21/09

    In reply to How An Illegal Filipino Satellite Combated the Censorship of Obama's Speech in China
    Doesn't anyone think maybe it would hurt the cause to kill the broadcast right after the offending word? I mean, at least let it play another minute or two and kill the broadcast due to 'technical difficuties'. It's just proving the point further when they're like "Did he say communist? Oh, turn off everyone's television" ...really? Could someone please explain to me what that is supposed to accomplish? The chineese people don't realize China actually sort of blows on occasion?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/21/09

    @Substance_D:


    "And in the face of Communi...*TV snaps off*


    *bangs set*


    .......


    "I guess I'll to outside." *lips keep moving*

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    Image of sime0n sime0n
    01/21/09

    In reply to How An Illegal Filipino Satellite Combated the Censorship of Obama's Speech in China
    Elaine Chow needs to write something positive about China for once. Enough of the Taiwan favoritism
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/21/09

    @sime0n: Chinese food rocks.
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    Image of okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
    01/21/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Chinese girls aren't bad either <3
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    Image of Jason Chen Jason Chen
    01/22/09

    @sime0n: She didn't even mention Taiwan, so, not sure what the hell you're talking about.
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    01/22/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:

    Taiwanese food is better though.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    01/21/09

    In reply to How An Illegal Filipino Satellite Combated the Censorship of Obama's Speech in China
    Even having already read about the censorship, the perspective is fascinating.


    Whatever they pay Elaine is not enough.

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    Image of D.E.P.C. D.E.P.C.
    01/21/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: I know, sending her all the way to China, having her infiltrate the country to become a citizen just so we can get the low down on their television habits.


    ...This is journalism. We are journalism. The world is journalism... Sorry, I have an Obama-complex.

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    Image of frigg frigg
    01/22/09

    @D.E.P.C.: She'll probably have more time for blogging now that she's no longer U.S. Secretary of Labor. Mad props for that kind of multitasking!


    (And no, the different spelling doesn't fool anyone. ;) )

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