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Garside · 29th Nov 2006, 12:19

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/11..._get_the_boot/

Buzzons · 29th Nov 2006, 12:29

oh.dear.god

why do they care, its not like it _really_ matters and hey, if it means footballers make a more NORMAL salary then good on the sites!

mmorgue · 29th Nov 2006, 14:48

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Originally Posted by Buzzons

...if it means footballers make a more NORMAL salary then good on the sites!

How can you say that?! Footballers are heroes! They deserve £5mill+ salaries for kicking a ball up and down a pitch! A nurse or doctor or police officer -- so what? All they do is either risk their own lives in order to save ours or spend ungodly hours doing work that most of us would rather not know about. And £22k~ £35k is more than enough...

Anyhow, enough of my sarcastic rant above... banning streamed football matches -- what in hell do they think they will accomplish with that? Does Sky think more people will say, "Ya know, I might as well purchase the rip-off Sky system now..." ??

People will find new and more ingenious ways to get what they want when commercial solutions don't reflect consumer expectations. Period.

cjmUK · 29th Nov 2006, 15:14

Well, I fully intend to watch Liverpool vs. Portsmouth tonight courtesy some 'Chinese friends'.

Not only do I get to see the footy, but I'm learning a foreign language in the process. I've learned a few mandarin words and phrases already:

'Gellard' - a dynamic and skilful, if slightly pixelated, mid-fielder.
'Ze lefaleez a ranker' - how you congratulate the officials on their performance.
'hally kewer' - a malingering has-been on expensive wages.

Heaven forbid that they deprive me of my PPLive, and force me onto Sky! I don't think I could face learning another language simply to understand Andy Gray.

Mother-Goose · 29th Nov 2006, 15:54

Anyone know of a site streaming the ashes?

cjmUK · 29th Nov 2006, 16:06

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Originally Posted by Mother-Gooser

Anyone know of a site streaming the ashes?

Check one of the Horror channels....

steveo_mcg · 29th Nov 2006, 17:56

This is great work by sky... highlighting this tech is available. I'd never heard of this but now i might just try it.

jezmck · 29th Nov 2006, 18:06

p2p?

dragontail · 29th Nov 2006, 19:35

How exactly do they stutdown illegal servers set up in China?

DXR_13KE · 29th Nov 2006, 23:27

they must have felt a blow in their revenue to go after P2P like this, any day soon youtube will be shut down because there are tons of replays there

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Originally Posted by dragontail

How exactly do they shutdown illegal servers set up in China?

with ch1n353 1337 h4x0r skillz

<A88> · 30th Nov 2006, 01:26

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Originally Posted by mmorgue

How can you say that?! Footballers are heroes! They deserve £5mill+ salaries for kicking a ball up and down a pitch! A nurse or doctor or police officer -- so what? All they do is either risk their own lives in order to save ours or spend ungodly hours doing work that most of us would rather not know about. And £22k~ £35k is more than enough...

The problem is, it's all in proportion, so footballers get their 'fair' share of the money traded in football. In order for doctors, firemen and police officers to get paid the amount they deserve, there would have to be incredible raises in taxes- and needless to say nobody would be fond of that. However tickets to see a football match are usually fairly in line with everything else for a top league match (about £20). Sure, this isn't cinema prices, but how much do you pay to see a gig or see a show? Because football's so popular it generates ridiculous amounts of money by default, and whilst replica shirts might cost a silly amount, everything else is usually normally priced. Footballers don't deserve what they get paid, but we're more prepared to fund their salaries than lend money to the government.

<A88>

TMM · 30th Nov 2006, 02:37

hilarious. It's like someone coming out of the blue and announcing they are going to cure AIDs

Garside · 30th Nov 2006, 12:34

Had a look last night to see how active the streaming sites were. Loads of them weren't working so it looks like the UEFA may have succeeded!

cjmUK · 30th Nov 2006, 13:02

I doubt it.... Half of them are permanently a bit ropey.

There is little the authorities can do about them anyway - most are hosted in China, so the only way to stop us getting to them is to censor us.

It would be ironic if certain sports-related sites in China (the global capital of censorship) were censored by the West, yet none of the kiddie-porn/jihadi sites....

29th Nov 2006, 12:19	#1
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29th Nov 2006, 15:14	#4
cjmUK Old git. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK Posts: 1,946	Well, I fully intend to watch Liverpool vs. Portsmouth tonight courtesy some 'Chinese friends'. Not only do I get to see the footy, but I'm learning a foreign language in the process. I've learned a few mandarin words and phrases already: 'Gellard' - a dynamic and skilful, if slightly pixelated, mid-fielder. 'Ze lefaleez a ranker' - how you congratulate the officials on their performance. 'hally kewer' - a malingering has-been on expensive wages. Heaven forbid that they deprive me of my PPLive, and force me onto Sky! I don't think I could face learning another language simply to understand Andy Gray. __________________ P180B, Q6600 [with Thermalright HR-01+/Noctua NF-P12], 8GB OCZ Reaper PC2-8500, EVGA GTX 260 SSC, 3.75TB worth of Samsung F1s, running on Windows 7 RC

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TMM Modder Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,228	hilarious. It's like someone coming out of the blue and announcing they are going to cure AIDs __________________ no, your face.

30th Nov 2006, 12:34	#13
Garside Supermodder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London Posts: 395	Had a look last night to see how active the streaming sites were. Loads of them weren't working so it looks like the UEFA may have succeeded!

30th Nov 2006, 13:02	#14
cjmUK Old git. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK Posts: 1,946	I doubt it.... Half of them are permanently a bit ropey. There is little the authorities can do about them anyway - most are hosted in China, so the only way to stop us getting to them is to censor us. It would be ironic if certain sports-related sites in China (the global capital of censorship) were censored by the West, yet none of the kiddie-porn/jihadi sites.... __________________ P180B, Q6600 [with Thermalright HR-01+/Noctua NF-P12], 8GB OCZ Reaper PC2-8500, EVGA GTX 260 SSC, 3.75TB worth of Samsung F1s, running on Windows 7 RC