On 10 May 2005 10:31:59 -0700, wrote:

Yeah, that's the kind of content I'm going to shell out money for every
month. Not!

If your standards are that low, you might as well just watch
television.

Steve

Some people apparently are passionate enough about radio to want to
hear what's up on the 250 digital channels being rained-down on us
from outer space. Personally, I'd pay $13 a month just to get the BBC
World Service anytime, anyplace in North America.

Personally, I'd pay $13 a month just to get the BBC
World Service anytime, anyplace in North America.

My guess is it would cost less than $13 to repair your antenna. Then
you could tell Sirius to shove it.

Do you really listen to music on your "smart phone"? And, if you do,
how does that materially differ from having a Sirius radio
subscription?

It gives me access to everything on the internet, not just the
commercial crapola that's available through Sirius.

Steve

Do you really listen to music on your "smart phone"? And, if you do,
how does that materially differ from having a Sirius radio
subscription?

It gives me access to everything on the internet, not just the
commercial crapola that's available through Sirius.

But -- and I'm being serious now, I'm not arguing -- can you listen to
music over your phone in anything resembling hi-fi sound? Is it a
realistic medium for music? Unless something has changed drastically
lately, then it's not. You're critical of people that pay for the
Sirius service, because you consider it "commercial crapola," but your
solution requires the payment of a monthly fee, too, but it doesn't
allow you to enjoy music through it. What am I missing here?

What am I missing here?

You can listen to the sound via a speaker and I think it sounds just
fine. As for the monthly fee...well, (1) my employer pays for it and
(2) even if my employer didn't pay for it, it'd be a fee giving me
access not just to a body of music or whatever, but to the
internet---which, for good independent reasons, I need access to
anyway.

On 10 May 2005 13:12:21 -0700, wrote:

Do you really listen to music on your "smart phone"? And, if you do,
how does that materially differ from having a Sirius radio
subscription?

It gives me access to everything on the internet, not just the
commercial crapola that's available through Sirius.

Steve

Dude. You get a finite amount of bits beyond which you pay a per unit
fee.

On 10 May 2005 13:10:25 -0700, wrote:

Personally, I'd pay $13 a month just to get the BBC
World Service anytime, anyplace in North America.

My guess is it would cost less than $13 to repair your antenna. Then
you could tell Sirius to shove it.

My antenna could be a thousand feet long and solid gold. It still
ain't gonna pick-up News Hour at Noon in California.

What kinds of things have you tried to improve your reception?

On Tue, 10 May 2005 08:18:31 -0400, dxAce
wrote:
Doesn't look like shortwave to me, 'tard boy.

One interesting quote on his website which sorta ties into parts of
the SW hobby/hobbies:

"It's like the old pirate radio stations that sat offshore and played
what they wanted."

Of course, with XM or Sirius there's still a gatekeeper although the
gate is less restrictive than those that the FCC or the broadcasting
conglomerates are putting up. (I believe XM is partially owned by
Clear Channel.)

Netcasting, on the other hand, has almost no gate.

Hmmm. It must be hard to go beyond that finite amount then. It's never
happened to me, despite heavy use.

Steve