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   Daniel70 to Char Jackson   
   Re: So far OT ..... DVD+R v DVD-R ... Wh   
   20 Feb 25 21:09:50   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: daniel47@eternal-september.org   
      
   On 18/02/2025 7:31 pm, Char Jackson wrote:   
   > On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 21:05:22 +0100, "Carlos E.R."   
   >  wrote:   
      
      
      
   >> I had a conversation with someone, and I said that I was watching Star   
   >> Trek Lower Decks S1, when it suddenly disappeared from Amazon Prime   
   >> Video. He replied "that the reason I prefer solid media to streaming".   
   >> Of course, there are torrents.   
   >   
   > One of my mates uses a service that tells him which country has the   
   > movie or TV program that he wants to watch, and which streaming service   
   > is offering it. A couple of clicks later, his VPN has placed him in that   
   > country and his normal login creds work as usual, and he's a happy   
   > camper. If something disappears from streaming services in one country,   
   > they often pop up, or remain available, in one or more other countries.   
   >   
   Which came FIRST, The Chicken or The Egg??   
      
   Do Intel/etc throw greater capabilities into a uProcessor and the   
   programmers then have to make use of that greater capability ..... or do   
   the programmers tell Intel/etc that they want greater capabilities??   
      
   If our ancestors had been satisfied with drawing 'pictures' on Cave wall   
   would we still be here?? ;-P   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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