[ale] Cutting the satellite

[Lightner, Jeff]

If you have to watch something an 11th time are you really learning
anything from it?  :p

One of my favorite quotes (don't know where I first heard it):
Experience is a wonderful teacher.  It lets us recognize our mistakes
when we make them again.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Chris Fowler
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 2:34 PM
To: Cy Kurtz
Cc: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] Cutting the satellite

On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 14:26 -0400, Cy Kurtz wrote:
> 
> Do it. You'll save money and time, and a lot of that stuff you think
> you're going to miss you can find on the internet, whether you surf to
> it or go roku. 

I don't have the problem of watching too much TV. I have a condition
that prevents me from sitting still enough to actually watch TV.
Honestly I may watch 2 hours a week.  In the house hold I receive the
least value of the $90/mon we are paying.  However, I do have the desire
to learn all the time and I need that need to be met.  If I can get into
a mode to watch TV I'll watch something decent that I may learn from.
Even If I've seen it 10x before.

BBC Four has a lot of good programming but not to the US.  I've used Tor
to make it appear if I was in the UK so I could watch some of their
educational programming.

I can do stuff like that but the kids and wife can't.  

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