Well, like Mark Twain pointed out, it's all in how you look at the stats. The numbers of households without a TV was 1.1% - now it's 3.3%, or triple the number. The trend is clearly towards less households with TVs, and again, it's young people leading that charge, so it would seem that 3.3% is going to increase.
I don't care much one way or the other - I have only 1 TV, which probably puts me in the minority of households with multiple children (most families I know have multiple sets) but there's no denying that the perception that it's necessary to have a TV in the house is declining. That's got to be of some concern to network execs. After all, at some point 96.7% of people were buying CDs and weren't using Napster. That trend continued despite the record companies ignoring the early signs. Not a perfect analogy, I admit, but it's sort of relevant.
Even scarier for the TV networks is the reason that TV ownership has dropped - more and more YOUNG PEOPLE don't want and/or need them. As more old folks die off, and those without TV's get older, expect the overall percentage to drop further.
As for the "who you know without a TV" anecdote - I don't really socialize too much with kids in their 20's (I'm old) but I do know personally of three households without a TV of any kind. All of those adults are in their 30's. Two set of them even have small children, who it looks like will be growing up without a TV. So it's not as weird as you think, at least among young professionals.
No, please, continue! Your whole post is practically one long dog-whistle, so why make anyone read between the lines? Have the courage of your convictions and tell us what you really think about why we've got so much gun violence. We're waiting with bated breath on your wisdom.
I'm sure you'll expand on your views, unless of course, you think those views aren't actually based on factual information. I'm willing to read on.
"It is the fault of the users." Are you just trolling? Because if you're not, you don't have the slightest understanding of this situation.
If you want to switch to a different carrier, you DO, in fact, have to pay a large fee to get out of the original contract. If you don't pay it, it's handled like any other legitimate debt.
If you paid full price for a phone, and don't have a contract, why would a corporation get to tell you what you can and can't do with the phone after you've paid for it?
Whether it's "okay" or not is purely a matter of opinion. The stark reality is, that's what streaming services are paying artists. If they get together and form some kind of union, they'll be able to extract more. Until then, they'll have to hit 40 million+ plays per year of their songs in order to make a living solely off of getting played on streaming services. Allowing your music to be streamed and getting paid for it beats having it downloaded off the Pirate Bay.
They're two different kinds of threats. China at least rotates its leaders in and out, and probably has less of a chance of some maniac doing stupid things that would endanger both China's economy and those of its competitors. NK, on the other hand, is ruled by a cult of personality unrivaled in the world today, and if he starts believing his own propoganda, there's no telling what suicidal path KJU will take NK down.
You're right, but you forgot you're reading Slashdot, where the mantra is "Sensational (albeit exaggerated) headlines!!!! and let 'em find out the truth if they RTFA." Or in this case, just the summary.
How do you know that the horse meat in a beef burger isn't tainted with steroids, antibiotics or anything else, when deception is already present in not telling you there's horse meat there in the first place?
They didn't add the horse meat in because it was more expensive. It was there because it was the cheapest thing possible to add, and who knows where it came from and what its background was.
They have no right to the privacy of their handgun permit, which, by state law, is public information, which they knew when they applied for said permit. Oh, they didn't know that was the law? Well, you know what our founding father TJ said about ignorance and the law.
Exactly. I wish this guy hadn't posted AC because frankly, he's dead-on right about the OP. "It's the gubbermint's fault!" is an easy, cheap, and not helpful at all rallying cry. And notice that Mr. Question 1 and 2 also jumped on the "gimmie mod points" bandwagon by yelling basically the same thing in a slightly more civilized tone, and it worked. Doesn't change the fact that it's such a general accusation as to be completely worthless.
Sorry, I RTFA (bad form) and I missed the part where the government is extorting money from people for scanning and emailing documents. But thanks for your "F the gubberment!!!"" post which is always good for some cheap mod points. If that's what you're into.
Forgive my ignorance, but I read the article (i know, bad form) and did not see a 2.5 C reference, or an expected increase reference in degrees C, anywhere. Where are you getting that?
Also, many people in the US might be waiting for their contracts to expire before moving to an Android phone from the iPhone. I'm taking a wild guess and I'm obviously biased because I happen to be one of those people, but I can't be the only one. I'm also looking to switch providers and paying $350 to do so before my contract is up is unappetizing to me. So, maybe you'll see a more drawn-out move to Android in the next year or so. Who knows? I can only speak for myself, and that's what I'm doing - was considering it for a while and the Apple Maps fiasco was really the last straw.
Maybe because there's a strong correlation, when speaking in terms of population, between how religious one is and how likely one is to be offended by the sight of a nipple. Or in some cultures, an ankle.
Now remember, correlation causation! But in this case, I'd put my money on "sure it does", if I were a betting man.
Facebook, maybe. Twitter? They just got passed by Instagram, of all things, in active daily users. I'm not saying Instagram has reached critical mass, either - if I was forced to bet, I'd lay money that Twitter and Instagram will both fade just as MySpace did. Facebook, much as I hate it, may have a decent chance of continuing on with no end in sight.
That, in and of itself, is impressive. Certainly there were plenty of other CS graduates around before and during the time McAfee was developing his software. None of them did shit.
No one paid attention because it's a ludicrous theory. And the motivation behind such a theory? oh, that simplest and oldest of reasons:
"However, this theory is only advocated by one person and is described by "celebrity criminal defence lawyer" Jeffrey Steinberger as "absolutely absurd,... a desperate attempt to sell a book".
Also, he'd been "investigating" the case for 6 years, not 30. 30 would've been noteworthy indeed, considering the murders happened in 1994.
He's paying $25,000 a month in alimony, got another man driving around in his car and fucking his wife in a house he's still paying the mortgage on. Now I'm not saying he shoulda killed her... but I understand.
Good lord, if you're gonna rip off Chris Rock at least get the quote right.
Death and taxes already mentioned, the third "only sure thing" is that no matter where you're from, the drivers from the different places are the "worst ones". Somehow, jackasses from State X are always vomiting out that "Those assholes from State Y can't drive!" and meanwhile, the reverse is also true. Congrats, Archie Bunker.
I really wish you hadn't posted as AC, so more people would read your very good points. You're one of the few making sense in this thread. Honestly, the "sky is falling" predictions coming from the other 90% of people posting about this make me question the average intelligence of a crowd reading "news for nerds."
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Well, like Mark Twain pointed out, it's all in how you look at the stats. The numbers of households without a TV was 1.1% - now it's 3.3%, or triple the number. The trend is clearly towards less households with TVs, and again, it's young people leading that charge, so it would seem that 3.3% is going to increase.
I don't care much one way or the other - I have only 1 TV, which probably puts me in the minority of households with multiple children (most families I know have multiple sets) but there's no denying that the perception that it's necessary to have a TV in the house is declining. That's got to be of some concern to network execs. After all, at some point 96.7% of people were buying CDs and weren't using Napster. That trend continued despite the record companies ignoring the early signs. Not a perfect analogy, I admit, but it's sort of relevant.
Source, please? Your claim is rather extrordinary.
Not so extraordinary, when it's fact.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/business/media/03television.html
Even scarier for the TV networks is the reason that TV ownership has dropped - more and more YOUNG PEOPLE don't want and/or need them. As more old folks die off, and those without TV's get older, expect the overall percentage to drop further.
As for the "who you know without a TV" anecdote - I don't really socialize too much with kids in their 20's (I'm old) but I do know personally of three households without a TV of any kind. All of those adults are in their 30's. Two set of them even have small children, who it looks like will be growing up without a TV. So it's not as weird as you think, at least among young professionals.
The pilots of those actual Falcons never called their fighters by the AF-approved name. They called it the Viper.
No, please, continue! Your whole post is practically one long dog-whistle, so why make anyone read between the lines? Have the courage of your convictions and tell us what you really think about why we've got so much gun violence. We're waiting with bated breath on your wisdom.
I'm sure you'll expand on your views, unless of course, you think those views aren't actually based on factual information. I'm willing to read on.
Unless you go by GDP per capita, in which case the midwest would seem to be woefully behind. Work smarter, not harder.
"It is the fault of the users." Are you just trolling? Because if you're not, you don't have the slightest understanding of this situation.
If you want to switch to a different carrier, you DO, in fact, have to pay a large fee to get out of the original contract. If you don't pay it, it's handled like any other legitimate debt.
If you paid full price for a phone, and don't have a contract, why would a corporation get to tell you what you can and can't do with the phone after you've paid for it?
Whether it's "okay" or not is purely a matter of opinion. The stark reality is, that's what streaming services are paying artists. If they get together and form some kind of union, they'll be able to extract more. Until then, they'll have to hit 40 million+ plays per year of their songs in order to make a living solely off of getting played on streaming services. Allowing your music to be streamed and getting paid for it beats having it downloaded off the Pirate Bay.
They're two different kinds of threats. China at least rotates its leaders in and out, and probably has less of a chance of some maniac doing stupid things that would endanger both China's economy and those of its competitors. NK, on the other hand, is ruled by a cult of personality unrivaled in the world today, and if he starts believing his own propoganda, there's no telling what suicidal path KJU will take NK down.
You're right, but you forgot you're reading Slashdot, where the mantra is "Sensational (albeit exaggerated) headlines!!!! and let 'em find out the truth if they RTFA." Or in this case, just the summary.
How do you know that the horse meat in a beef burger isn't tainted with steroids, antibiotics or anything else, when deception is already present in not telling you there's horse meat there in the first place?
They didn't add the horse meat in because it was more expensive. It was there because it was the cheapest thing possible to add, and who knows where it came from and what its background was.
They have no right to the privacy of their handgun permit, which, by state law, is public information, which they knew when they applied for said permit. Oh, they didn't know that was the law? Well, you know what our founding father TJ said about ignorance and the law.
Exactly. I wish this guy hadn't posted AC because frankly, he's dead-on right about the OP. "It's the gubbermint's fault!" is an easy, cheap, and not helpful at all rallying cry. And notice that Mr. Question 1 and 2 also jumped on the "gimmie mod points" bandwagon by yelling basically the same thing in a slightly more civilized tone, and it worked. Doesn't change the fact that it's such a general accusation as to be completely worthless.
Sorry, I RTFA (bad form) and I missed the part where the government is extorting money from people for scanning and emailing documents. But thanks for your "F the gubberment!!!"" post which is always good for some cheap mod points. If that's what you're into.
Please mod this up, just for the Dune 2000 reference. Thanks dude!
Because his post had some value and seemed to show signs of intelligence. You, however, should keep posting as AC.
Forgive my ignorance, but I read the article (i know, bad form) and did not see a 2.5 C reference, or an expected increase reference in degrees C, anywhere. Where are you getting that?
Also, many people in the US might be waiting for their contracts to expire before moving to an Android phone from the iPhone. I'm taking a wild guess and I'm obviously biased because I happen to be one of those people, but I can't be the only one. I'm also looking to switch providers and paying $350 to do so before my contract is up is unappetizing to me. So, maybe you'll see a more drawn-out move to Android in the next year or so. Who knows? I can only speak for myself, and that's what I'm doing - was considering it for a while and the Apple Maps fiasco was really the last straw.
oops, slashdot removed my != between "correlation" and "causation". Silly me, thinking I could get away with Unicode 2260.
Maybe because there's a strong correlation, when speaking in terms of population, between how religious one is and how likely one is to be offended by the sight of a nipple. Or in some cultures, an ankle.
Now remember, correlation causation! But in this case, I'd put my money on "sure it does", if I were a betting man.
Facebook, maybe. Twitter? They just got passed by Instagram, of all things, in active daily users. I'm not saying Instagram has reached critical mass, either - if I was forced to bet, I'd lay money that Twitter and Instagram will both fade just as MySpace did. Facebook, much as I hate it, may have a decent chance of continuing on with no end in sight.
He simply isn't impressive, just there early.
That, in and of itself, is impressive. Certainly there were plenty of other CS graduates around before and during the time McAfee was developing his software. None of them did shit.
No one paid attention because it's a ludicrous theory. And the motivation behind such a theory? oh, that simplest and oldest of reasons:
"However, this theory is only advocated by one person and is described by "celebrity criminal defence lawyer" Jeffrey Steinberger as "absolutely absurd, ... a desperate attempt to sell a book".
Also, he'd been "investigating" the case for 6 years, not 30. 30 would've been noteworthy indeed, considering the murders happened in 1994.
He's paying $25,000 a month in alimony, got another man driving around in his car and fucking his wife in a house he's still paying the mortgage on. Now I'm not saying he shoulda killed her... but I understand.
Good lord, if you're gonna rip off Chris Rock at least get the quote right.
Death and taxes already mentioned, the third "only sure thing" is that no matter where you're from, the drivers from the different places are the "worst ones". Somehow, jackasses from State X are always vomiting out that "Those assholes from State Y can't drive!" and meanwhile, the reverse is also true. Congrats, Archie Bunker.
I really wish you hadn't posted as AC, so more people would read your very good points. You're one of the few making sense in this thread. Honestly, the "sky is falling" predictions coming from the other 90% of people posting about this make me question the average intelligence of a crowd reading "news for nerds."