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Re: [PLUG] Watching Olympic martial arts online in Linux?
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008, Michael Leone wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net> wrote:
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> > On Wednesday 13 August 2008 10:48:02 am Michael Leone wrote:
> >> I haven't watched much Olympics since maybe the 70s, like the majority
> >> of viewers. Numbers have been down for years. Popular atheletes, or
> >> when your country may win the gold - like the women's gymnastics, or
> >> whatever - bring the ratings. TV stations live by ratings. (except for
> >> like CSPAN, of course).
> >
> > Apologies for the off-topic tangent, but perhaps the nature of the coverage is
> > the reason the ratings are off. Maybe the NBC execs who are supposed to know
> > that stuff aren't so smart after all. What I liked about the Olympics of
> > the '60s and '70s was the ability to watch sports you don't normally see,
> > like the aforementioned martial arts, fencing, horse jumping, shot put, etc.
> >
> > Somehow, I doubt Americans only like gymnastics and swimming. I like the
> > beach volleyball by the way. Besides the barely clothed and fit competitors,
> > its nice to watch the athletes compete against each other instead of just
> > clocks and judges, the latter of which I find boring.
>
> By definition, you are not like the majority - you use Linnux, which
> is a minority OS. So if you're a minority in one area, you're probably
> a minority in other areas, as well. You follow their logic ...
>
> :-)
Modern economy of scale. Used to be something called niche
marketing.
bs
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