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Newsflash: TiVo causes global warming (Letter to Editor slams TiVo)
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Posted by: Metaluna

I was leafing through this weeks issue of Electronic Design magazine (an electronics industry freebie) when I came upon this amusing (in a pathetic way) letter to the editor. Just to give some context, a previous issue had a feature article on TiVo. You will need Acrobat reader to view it.

http://www.elecdesign.com/Articles/...9&Extension=pdf

Posted by: timr_42

That was the funniest letter I've read in a long time. So I guess she doesn't have DTV, because she wouldn't want it as a doorstop if she didn't want to pay anymore.
Shame on TiVo for not using it's knowledge to create a cure for cancer. Where are you TiVo for not equalizing the third world countries?
BTW what is a Surface Finishing company. I don't think it is a product that is making the world a better place, to me it looks like it might do something that makes life a little nicer by having a nicer finish on something, it does not make renewable energy, also do they only use recycled products? :rolleyes:

Posted by: phone1

well..this just prove that tivo is a spy box and full of othr flaws to, if i know this i nevr wood have bought them too start with... ur a fool if u keep watching... im selling mine at that ebay place

Posted by: Want1394

quote:
Originally posted by timr_42
That was the funniest letter I've read in a long time. ..... BTW what is a Surface Finishing company. ..... :rolleyes:

I think Kim runs the paint machine at the local "$99 Paint Your Auto" shop. :)

Posted by: GimmeMP3

Two words: Opt-out.

Posted by: zaknafein

quote:
Originally posted by GimmeMP3
Two words: Opt-out.

Some people find it more convenient to bitch about something, of which they are completely uneducated, than actually examine the facts.

Posted by: amgqmp1

Kim's letter was very sad. It really is an insight into things only she and her therapist should be discussing... ;)

Posted by: Moebius

But what about the energy bandwidth she wasted in writing and emailing that letter? Couldn't that have gone to feed starving children as well?

Posted by: guardianx

seeee seee i told u those tivo people monitor ur viewing activities and then sell it to advertising firm. or tv exe . this topic was covered in tech tv... tech tv wouldnt dare to say this because if it was a lie . tivo can sue tech tv for wonton libel. point is made they made me paid lost of money for it. and then on top of that makes more money out of me..... what bs. thanx goodness i sold my pos tivo to my landlord ..

Posted by: dwalker

You would thinks she wants global warming, her company is in Canada (so I assume she is too):D

http://www.surfacefinishing.net/

Posted by: guardianx

wanton

Posted by: bidger

No, I like wonton better!

Posted by: Riggstonia

next he'll be posting with crayons!

Posted by: jlb.x

quote:
Originally posted by guardianx
what bs. thanx goodness i sold my pos tivo to my landlord ..

I guess when unemployable, you've got to pay the rent some how...

Mmmmmm... wonton.

-jlb

Posted by: Breacagan

Here's just a partial list of that company's products. Talk about saving the environment:

Basic chemicals
• Ferric Chloride, Methane Sulfonates, Acids, Caustics,
Chlorine;
Buffs and Buffing compounds;
Chromates
• Clear, Yellow, Olive drab, Black; Trivalent Clear, Trivalent Black; Trivalent Yellow;
Cleaners
• Metal cleaners, Strippers, Phosphates, Rust inhibitors;
Copper Additives
• Acid, Alkaline, Cyanide, Non-cyanide;
Electroless Nickel
• High phos, Med phos, Low phos, Alkaline strike;
Nickel Addition Agents
• Semi-bright, Bright, Particle, High Sulfur;
Tin Additives and Addition Agents
• Acid, MSA, Bright, Matte, Semi-bright; Tin/Nickel, Tin/Zinc;
Zinc and zinc alloy addition agents.
• Chloride, cyanide, alkaline non-cyanide;
• zinc/nickel, acid zinc/cobalt, alkaline zinc/cobalt, zinc/iron

Posted by: David Platt

quote:
Originally posted by guardianx
point is made they made me paid lost of money for it. and then on top of that makes more money out of me.....

They made you pay lots of money for it? How exactly did they do that?

Posted by: Moebius

quote:
Originally posted by guardianx
seeee seee i told u those tivo people monitor ur viewing activities and then sell it to advertising firm. or tv exe . this topic was covered in tech tv... tech tv wouldnt dare to say this because if it was a lie . tivo can sue tech tv for wonton libel. point is made they made me paid lost of money for it. and then on top of that makes more money out of me..... what bs. thanx goodness i sold my pos tivo to my landlord ..

And can you show one post from any knowledgable posters on this board, or even the TiVo employees for that matter that ever once said they didn't collect this data? The privacy policy specifically states that they collect viewing habits anonymously.

Heck if you actually read much tech or entertainment news rather than jumping on a sentence that strikes you, you would have seen TiVo's recent findings on what was replayed most during the Oscars or how much War coverage is being recorded by TiVo viewers. It's not like they're hiding anything there, except of course to the people who pay no attention to anything.

And you wonder why you keep getting referred to as a troll.

Posted by: timr_42

quote:
Originally posted by DPlatt
They made you pay lots of money for it? How exactly did they do that?

No, he said "LOST" money. Does anyone know where I can find some Lost money? :p

Posted by: Hichhiker

quote:
Originally posted by timr_42
No, he said "LOST" money. Does anyone know where I can find some Lost money? :p

Lost money can be found at: www.FoundMoney.com

-H

Posted by: TheDewAddict

quote:
Originally posted by DPlatt
They made you pay lots of money for it? How exactly did they do that?

He's been banned. :) They didn't make him pay lots of money for it either, they "made they made him paid lost of money for it. and then on top of that makes more money out of him"

I don't think babelfish has a 'guardianx to english' translator page yet :(

Posted by: Moebius

Awww, banning's no fun. He provided a good distraction. It was fun to point out all the holes in his posts. I will admit, I gave up on my quest to actually show him the real facts, but still. Maybe he'll come back under an assumed identity. The writing style would be easy enough to recognize.

Posted by: JPriller

I want to know about this:

quote:
Now, I am not paranoid enough to care that this company monitors what I specifically watch on my TV. But I strongly object to paying a monthly fee for a service that seems specifically tailored to give the provider an opportunity to make more money from my statistics than it probably does on selling the box in the first place.

If they could make more money selling the data than selling the box, I think the box would be a whole lot cheaper. At $99 for a stand-alone they could flood the market.

Come on TiVo, get off your duff and start peddling my viewing data! I want $99 TiVos!

:)

Posted by: ADent

I paid $99 each for my 3 TiVos (2 SA, 1 DTiVo) . (Or was the DTiVo $89?)

Posted by: pv

Whatta maroon. Apparently, if you're not directly working to save the planet, what you are doing has no value. PV

Posted by: David Platt

quote:
Originally posted by TheDewAddict
He's been banned. :)

Thank god. I'm surprised it took this long. :up:

Posted by: panictivo

The title to this thread is totally misleading. I could find no reference to "global" or "warming" in the article that was cited. I used the Acrobat search function. The information is simply not there. If it had been in the original article, it has since been removed. Perhaps the Electronics Design people read this thread and modified the original article. Or maybe hackers changed the link to point to a bogus copy of the article. The experience left me confused and disallusioned. Who can I trust? What can I believe? Is global warming really caused by TiVo?

Before reading the article I had not considered how much custom ring tones for cellular phones had held back development of "renewable energy, high mileage vehicles and equalizing opportunity for lesser developed nations and peoples of the world".

Posted by: Steve O

Well, we could always drop her a letter. Either at home or at work.

-Steve

Posted by: JPriller

quote:
Originally posted by Steve O
Well, we could always

That'd strike me as over the line, looking someone up on the internet to complain about a letter they wrote to a magazine. I hope no one does so. If you've got an argument with her letter send a rebuttal into the magazine.

Posted by: Mike Lang

quote:
Originally posted by Steve O
Well, we could always drop her a letter. Either at home or at work.

-Steve

Linh?