[mythtv-users] All clear QAMs gone in Portland, OR

Eric Sharkey eric at lisaneric.org
Wed Oct 30 00:20:40 UTC 2013


On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Gary Buhrmaster
<gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Oct 29, 2013 11:50 PM, "Michael T. Dean" <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>> Unfortunately, I'm going to need ESPN in the very near future
>
> Need is not the correct term.  Air, water, food are needs.  The rest are
> desires.  Now, I understand about household harmony, but they are not needs.

Need has no meaning without a goal.  Air, water, and food are what you
need to survive, but do you need to survive?

> Note for the record I would be very happy to not get ESPN and save $2/month
> on my cable bill.

I'm not really a fan of the push toward a la carte pricing.  I think
the end result is that most of us would end up paying about the same
amount, but getting fewer channels.

Eric


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