Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.sys.mac.advocacy Subject: Re: OT Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:24:57 -0700 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 21 Message-ID: <20260818102457.000001d6@gmail.com> References: <18cc1576469d353e$143557$916528$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <18cc4f948c6a80de$167673$821642$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <115spe5$ar9e$2@dont-email.me> <18cc57d1b90cd090$163871$704772$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <115vhbg$16o12$1@dont-email.me> <115vmn1$18mrp$1@dont-email.me> <115vqf4$1a385$1@dont-email.me> <115vrod$1aijb$1@dont-email.me> <20260817143455.0000698c@gmail.com> <11601n7$1ce72$2@dont-email.me> <20260817154054.00002ebd@gmail.com> <11602sv$1cold$1@dont-email.me> <20260818075152.00006860@gmail.com> <1161t71$1tvf5$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:25:02 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="2086890"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+AwYmcA+0MpCw8QFBMNVNHB7Ac7iLpCPM="; posting-host="af167302f238d52d916ba4bd7ca9b055" Cancel-Lock: sha1:DvFE8GogmitsYjw8t+56E6H6qiQ= sha256:9HBcptEfxhJTAqfbXuMeMd/86hnWb4/A9qFrz9vJc+Q= sha1:3T4ueR3NaHWuMmYEFtkZ/LUBsLA= sha256:yVjrgarSRemwR6vTxLdrRPoyoK8UAVtFUzCQbZ6ImqY= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:720552 comp.os.linux.misc:90076 alt.comp.os.windows-11:33782 alt.comp.os.windows-10:195067 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:148168 On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:20:02 -0400 "Joel W. Crump" wrote: > > What a peculiar thing to say. Data has no reality in meatspace > > outside of a contraption, unless you count printed matter. Weighing > > one con- traption against another, then, streaming has many more > > possible points of failure and its end result is exactly the same: > > moving pictures with accompanying audio. > > It does require having solid network signal, sure. It also requires the server to be up (which requires the provider to be solvent and the infrastructure to be maintained) and the provider to have legal rights to the content you're looking for, be incentivized to offer it to you (be that through ad revenue, subacription, or commonly, both,) and to not be run by jackass media executives prone to playing games with one series's availability in hopes of boosting viewership numbers for another series they think it might be competing with. But, y'know, other than *that...!*