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Cable TV A La Carte Part 2

Ravi Swamy writes "Here's a followup article in Business Week to the Cable TV A La Carte story from last month. For those who actually read the story it was only A La Carte if you wanted to add HBO. Apparently cable companies don't know about the law or are going to reclassify HBO as a 'tier' instead of as a channel to get around the law."

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  1. woo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My cat's breath smells like cat food.

  2. There is a way around this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <time.h>

    static char mem[4096 * 128];

    static void run(int n)
    {
    int i = 0;
    char *p = mem;
    while(i++<4096)
    {
    *p = 0;
    p+=n;
    }
    }

    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
    time_t then;
    time_t now;
    int n;
    int m;

    /* Ensure it is all in memory and allocated to avoid
    distorted results */
    run(128);

    for(m = 0; m < 8 ; m++)
    {
    int v = (1<<m);

    time(&then);
    for(n=0;n<1000000;n++)
    run(v);
    time(&now);
    printf("Step of %d across %dK took %d seconds.\n", v, 4*v, now-then);
    }
    }

  3. WARNING: GOATSE LINK!! DON'T CLICK!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    WARNING!!!

    link points to goatse.cx!!!

    NSFW!!!

  4. c is for faggots by anonymous+coword · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Real men use 6508 assembly!

  5. Re:It ain't so great anyway by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Stick the raw fish in the fridge and then cook it later.

  6. Re:Read about my attempts to get cable ala carte.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yeh, and i've alredy repotred you to the fbi and state polise, u fucking theif. wonder if u'll grin when there dragging u out in hancuffs?

  7. Re:Big Fat DUH! by Coke+in+a+Can · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nah, I've seen one before. In fact, it was a link to a cafepress shop with goatse t-shirts. Shirts of a big, gaping, asshole. Wonder what'd happen if you wore one of THOSE to work.

  8. Re:Goatse Ban by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    That's one I've forgotten to put in.

    I have a page or two of items in that index. The servers that try serve up pop-ups are one, I can still read the site but now there's less risk of pop-ups, regardless of what browser I am using. I also block sites that use Flash banner ads.

    The goatse site isn't really a problem for me, because there are a lot of slashdot shiteheads I _always_ check the URL before clicking the link. I really don't know what makes those posters that try to pass the link think they are so cool.