tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184425503312339532.post3528491352632759252..comments2010-10-08T16:37:13.559-04:00Comments on Racketash Musings: Televisions. So 20th century.Kremhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05407050108871371663noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184425503312339532.post-45092254971193560682010-10-08T16:37:13.559-04:002010-10-08T16:37:13.559-04:00Don't get me wrong, I truly applaud the simpli...Don't get me wrong, I truly applaud the simplification of life that comes from leaving the main land an hour behind and "snipping-the-cord" from gasoline stations, network TV, a phone that can ring. The appreciation gained from cutting the wood, that heats the stove, that warms the floor, that's under the house that jack built is an appreciation that we've lost as the years distance us from our grand parents by the passing years.k8sthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09823195556886765694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184425503312339532.post-27910088148217375152010-10-07T17:35:01.254-04:002010-10-07T17:35:01.254-04:00"Television" can be considered a piece ..."Television" can be considered a piece of hardware (which may blend into computer-monitordom) or can be considered a push video technology, where programming is received at a fixed time determined by the broadcaster.<br /><br />While I freely confess that I have a computer monitor, I have no "TV", i.e. no over-the-air, cable, or sat dish programming, nor any large device (other than my 15" laptop) to watch such stuff. Does that make me "pure" or better: of course not. <br /><br />As far as the definition of necessities, see the original articles. How can any of these items be considered necessities, when most of these didn't exist for our grandparents, is perhaps another reflection on decadent American society. Somehow I always thought food, temperature-controlled housing, clean air, and good water were necessities, none of which were on the survey.Kremhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05407050108871371663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184425503312339532.post-60677401151173579122010-10-07T17:17:23.383-04:002010-10-07T17:17:23.383-04:00Ahhh, but you have a land line for your computer w...Ahhh, but you have a land line for your computer which provides your phone and your capacity to entertain yourself with video (on a flat panel) to your heart's content (see video on prior blog entry). You cannot consider yourself above the common man when you are merely ahead of him by technology terminology. <br /><br />Am I a television owner if my flat panel is connected to my computer on its way to my cable connection? And what constitutes a "necessity"? <br /><br />Chosing your entertainment directly from the internet without the use of network programming my well set you apart from 99% of Americans, however, I'll bet that 1% of Americans who own TV's never use them. <br /><br />City dwellers were never car owners, but were and are car users when departure from the city is required or desired.k8sthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09823195556886765694noreply@blogger.com