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Originally Posted by Sam
Couldn't that same example apply to a computer?
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Actually, no. I think the comparing of TV and Internet is bunk. theoldpaths made a good point in and earlier post.
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Originally Posted by theoldpaths
The problem I had when I experimented outside of the UPC/WPF was that you could find a decent program to watch, but then a commercial comes on with a half-naked woman advertising bras; etc.
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You really can't control TV. Even good programs have bad commercial or advertisements for other programs that are bad. Then when the good program is over the next programs starts without you doing anything, and it might not be a good program.
On the Internet I have to choose
every website I go to. My filter blocks inappropriate content. Even inappropriate banner ads are blocked. Most pop-ups are also blocked. Usually when someone is having lots of problems with pop-ups it is caused by spyware.
Then there is the issue of TV being passive vs. Internet being active.
"You watch television to turn your brain off and you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on."
-- Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer and Pixar, in Macworld Magazine, February 2004
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