Posts by Samuel Scott

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  • Hard News: The Mega Conspiracy,

    Megavideo is mentioned in the indictment 79 times, often in relation to the “Mega” people pillaging YouTube to start the site off.

    ah ok, I haven't seen it in any news stuff. Seems weird, the whole coverage is about it as a dl storage thing but it was also this pay to view streaming service.

    South Wellington • Since Feb 2008 • 315 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Mega Conspiracy,

    I am wary of making any comment around this situation as I just always seem piss people off....but here goes!

    One thing that no one seems to be mentioning is http://megavideo.com/ which was basically the streaming/youtube version of megaupload.

    Humans (like myself) tend to be a but hypocrital (or maybe just me) and you may find yourself watching TV shows unavailable in NZ on the internet (thank goodness for Soho channel!) like umm Gossip Girl via megavideo. The huge difference between megavideo and youtube, is that megavideo stops streaming and encourages the user to pay money to watch more of the video. Now why would anyone pay to watch copyright free material on the internet? The service surely only exists to encourage infringement and financially benefit from it.

    I use yousendit to send large audio files all the time, the idea that the service could be deemed illegal and my content frozen (even though I have paid for the service) is irritating of course. But yousendit doesn't seem that dodgy. It really sucks that legit megaupload users are losing out here, and it sucks that the big TV and film studios aren't offering really solid alternatives to illegal downloading (like a TV version of spotify? I guess in the US they have hulu)...

    South Wellington • Since Feb 2008 • 315 posts Report

  • Hard News: It was a munted year,

    I mounted the munted mule.

    South Wellington • Since Feb 2008 • 315 posts Report

  • Southerly: Coming Up For Air,

    I am so glad this post ended with a happy twist! Covenants be dammed. Moving old houses to save them is a wonderful thing. My mum has done it a number of times and it's always worked out marvelously. Much less stress than building a house from scratch.

    South Wellington • Since Feb 2008 • 315 posts Report

  • Hard News: It was a munted year,

    A mounted ridonculous …

    sexy motor!

    South Wellington • Since Feb 2008 • 315 posts Report

  • Hard News: It was a munted year,

    It lacks a certain piquancy when it’s spelt ‘minute'

    good call, I will edit my comment!

    South Wellington • Since Feb 2008 • 315 posts Report

  • Hard News: It was a munted year,

    I love the word ‘munted’ and have used a great deal through out my life. I had no idea until today that it had any special significance to this year.

    Did anyone else notice ‘nek minute’ in the Dom Post weather strip (at the bottom of A1) about two weeks ago; “Sunny morning – nek minit; cloudy with a chance of rain”. That’s ridonculous.

    South Wellington • Since Feb 2008 • 315 posts Report

  • Hard News: Name That Food Blog,

    Oh no, Cameron Slater's beaten you to the punch and launched whalemeat.co.nz

    South Wellington • Since Feb 2008 • 315 posts Report

  • Hard News: Name That Food Blog,

    feedback - hmmm not as good as feed. feed is really good.

    South Wellington • Since Feb 2008 • 315 posts Report

  • Hard News: Name That Food Blog,

    -1000 for “Nom”

    I'm inclined to agree. Might as well make it a blog about cup-cakes with a name like that.

    South Wellington • Since Feb 2008 • 315 posts Report

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