[lbo-talk] On Not Owning a Television (was Re: Saturday)

[Chuck Munson]

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Alan Rudy <alan.rudy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Perhaps the web infrastructure you have is superior to mine... webcasts of
> pro sports where I live - despite my cable internet hook up - are fuzzy,
> jumpy, sporadic and sucky.
> And, anyone? is the World Series live on the intertubes in the US? Was the
> World Cup? Olympics?  My efforts have failed so often I don't even look
> anymore.

Nope. These sports are about capitalism, so the greedy fuckers have to
make money off of everything.

Ten years ago when the WWW was still young, you could listen to live
broadcasts of sporting events via the Internet. This was a great way
to keep up with your teams if you have moved away from those cities.
It was also fun to listen to broadcasts for other teams and discover
announcers that you never would hear.

Now you gotta pay for everything.

I did get hooked a few weeks ago watching the baseball playoffs on HD
TV on a wide screen.

I spent several years of my life without TV access, including 2001. I
only saw the videos of the 9/11 attacks the day of the attacks. Never
saw any video of the attacks and everything else until a few years
later.

Now I would never give up access to TV. It's my vice. There are more
important things to fight.

Chuck