XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-02-20 11:09, Daniel70 wrote:   
   > On 18/02/2025 7:31 pm, Char Jackson wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 21:05:22 +0100, "Carlos E.R."   
   >>  wrote:   
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   >   
   >>> 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??   
      
   I think both.   
      
      
   I remember the advent of the 386 which had many capabilities that were   
   not used at the time. That CPU was amazing, compared with the 286 and 8086.   
      
   >   
   > If our ancestors had been satisfied with drawing 'pictures' on Cave wall   
   > would we still be here?? ;-P   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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