"TW customers should be breathing a sigh of relief that the merger didn't go through; Comcast customers are disappointed that they missed out on a possible chance at a better product."
This. I have no mod points today, or I would mod you up.
(I work for TWC in video deployment, and had a ringside seat for the CBS fiasco, as well as every time the providers come back to us insisting to jack their rates. I spend every New Year's with my finger hovering over the "blackout" button while the two sides lawyer it up and fight it out to the last second).
*I am probably more with you than against you, ultimately*
That said...
"I don't make money off code I wrote 10 years ago - it's absurd that an artist would expect the same."
You would be if you had written and were selling the final product yourself. But something you wrote for your employer? Probably not. Likewise, an artist (maybe a scientific illustrator, for example) who produced art and was paid a salary to do so, probably isn't making any money off of it now.
I was kind of with you until you got to Fast and Furious and Benghaaaaaazi(!!!), both of which are thoroughly discredited memes. Still, some valid stuff there, in your shotgun blast.
I don't have to use the exchanges either. I have pretty top-shelf insurance through my employer, via Blue Cross Blue Shield. I think you're being led by the nose.
Before clicking on any health care related article in Forbes, you need to ask yourself "am I about to read something written by Avik Roy?" If so, just stop. He spews crap. Now, I have not actually clicked on your link yet, but I am about to. And we will see if my powers of prediction are at all accurate.
I've had 10" tablets as well as 7" tablets. I think 7" is superior in almost every way, except for one. And that one happens to be one of the things I most enjoy using my tablet for: reading comic books in.cbr format. And for that 7" is too small for my taste. But it's *almost* enough. So maybe 8" would be sufficient (although I suspect you really do want that 10" screen for easy reading without a lot of panning).
"Are you aware that this isn't the first time that TWC threatened to drop CBS?"
What other time did they threaten to drop them? As to dropping other CBS-owned properties if CBS insisted on jacking the rates sky-high, I grant that is just corporate hardball. If you want to blame TWC for that I can't say it's factually wrong, but it is nuanced.
You are aware that TWC pays CBS to put their over the air broadcasts on their wire, and that this fight was precipitated by CBS demanding a large increase in that fee?
You do understand that it's the content providers that insist that, for example, if you want to carry ESPN down your wires, you also have to accept these other 50 channels of crap? And they need to be bundled together? Not always, but IME most of the time anyone is bitching about the cable company you should just substitute "content owner" (which granted sometimes the same parent corporation owns both). Cable companies should get chewed out for crappy set top box software, noisy lines, and back office servers crashing if you look at them funny. But not the bundling and the crazy fees.
Consider this my reply to both. I keep a sharp eye out for Scotsmen, if you know what I mean. What I think libertarians are, are what I see people who call themselves libertarian, or libertarian-leaning, or whatever other claims they make to the word, do. And they are all Republicans (yes, I know, small l and big L), and what they mostly seem interested in doing is burning the joint to the ground. It's nice that they are OK with weed and don't care much who rubs what against who, but it's not enough.
It was only a year ago that we had "the other side of the coin." They didn't cut teachers and teachers' salaries, curtail early voting, force nearly all the abortion clinics to close, and reduce corporate taxes even further. Are they similar in some ways? Yes, I'd say regardless of party the donor class gets fed first. But one is willing to let a few more scraps hit the floor. If that sounds like less than a ringing endorsement of the Democrats, you're reading me right. But to say there are no differences between them is to wrapped up in your own thought experiment, with no regard to the empirical data easily available by taking a look out your window.
Actually, I like not living in Somalia and/or the 18th century. No where you may get me on your side is thinking about what we *get* for our nigh-fifty percent. Over in socialist Europe where they pay maybe 10% more than we do, they get free ("free" if you like) university for their kids, outstanding public primary and secondary schools, health care, pensions, guaranteed paid holidays from work, and a host of other things. I'm not sure how much we get, here in the states, aside from "getting" to shoulder the burden as all the wealth hoovers up into an aristocratic sliver of the population, who then captures government and gets their own taxes dropped through the floor. But, conservatives and their minions... what are you gonna do?
Bob Dole also brought it to the Senate floor. Squirm as you like, but the roots of Obamacare are firmly planted in conservative thought. I agree it's a bit of a Solomon's baby, though. Too bad there are so many people out there like you that pushed scared politicians (who just want to be re-elected, granted) away from single payer. But, as it has been pointed out, you are trivially reprogrammed, so I probably shouldn't hold you responsible.
I choose to pay taxes, just like I choose not to rape people. Would their be consequences if I were on the flip side of either? Sure, but that's not why I do it.
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As a former Pre owner and webOS fan, I'd like to hear more about why you think so.
"TW customers should be breathing a sigh of relief that the merger didn't go through; Comcast customers are disappointed that they missed out on a possible chance at a better product."
Are you posting from the future?
This. I have no mod points today, or I would mod you up.
(I work for TWC in video deployment, and had a ringside seat for the CBS fiasco, as well as every time the providers come back to us insisting to jack their rates. I spend every New Year's with my finger hovering over the "blackout" button while the two sides lawyer it up and fight it out to the last second).
*I am probably more with you than against you, ultimately*
That said...
"I don't make money off code I wrote 10 years ago - it's absurd that an artist would expect the same."
You would be if you had written and were selling the final product yourself. But something you wrote for your employer? Probably not. Likewise, an artist (maybe a scientific illustrator, for example) who produced art and was paid a salary to do so, probably isn't making any money off of it now.
So if I agree with 80% of what you say, but note that 20% is refuted by the evidence, I'm a kool-aid swiller? OK...
I was kind of with you until you got to Fast and Furious and Benghaaaaaazi(!!!), both of which are thoroughly discredited memes. Still, some valid stuff there, in your shotgun blast.
"Sounds like the NRC should be funded solely by fees paid by the companies they regulate."
Because that system works so well for the financial ratings agencies.
Benghazi!
(never forget)
Look over there! It's Elvis!
I don't have to use the exchanges either. I have pretty top-shelf insurance through my employer, via Blue Cross Blue Shield. I think you're being led by the nose.
It wasn't an argument, it was an observation. Feel free to disregard it if his brand of propaganda scratches your itch.
Before clicking on any health care related article in Forbes, you need to ask yourself "am I about to read something written by Avik Roy?" If so, just stop. He spews crap. Now, I have not actually clicked on your link yet, but I am about to. And we will see if my powers of prediction are at all accurate.
I've had 10" tablets as well as 7" tablets. I think 7" is superior in almost every way, except for one. And that one happens to be one of the things I most enjoy using my tablet for: reading comic books in .cbr format. And for that 7" is too small for my taste. But it's *almost* enough. So maybe 8" would be sufficient (although I suspect you really do want that 10" screen for easy reading without a lot of panning).
"Are you aware that this isn't the first time that TWC threatened to drop CBS?"
What other time did they threaten to drop them? As to dropping other CBS-owned properties if CBS insisted on jacking the rates sky-high, I grant that is just corporate hardball. If you want to blame TWC for that I can't say it's factually wrong, but it is nuanced.
I have already commented in this thread and so can't use my mod points, but I would mod you if I could. Great post.
You are aware that TWC pays CBS to put their over the air broadcasts on their wire, and that this fight was precipitated by CBS demanding a large increase in that fee?
You do understand that it's the content providers that insist that, for example, if you want to carry ESPN down your wires, you also have to accept these other 50 channels of crap? And they need to be bundled together? Not always, but IME most of the time anyone is bitching about the cable company you should just substitute "content owner" (which granted sometimes the same parent corporation owns both). Cable companies should get chewed out for crappy set top box software, noisy lines, and back office servers crashing if you look at them funny. But not the bundling and the crazy fees.
Consider this my reply to both. I keep a sharp eye out for Scotsmen, if you know what I mean. What I think libertarians are, are what I see people who call themselves libertarian, or libertarian-leaning, or whatever other claims they make to the word, do. And they are all Republicans (yes, I know, small l and big L), and what they mostly seem interested in doing is burning the joint to the ground. It's nice that they are OK with weed and don't care much who rubs what against who, but it's not enough.
"Compare either or both of them to say, the Libertarian party and you'll see what actual differences are."
Yes, the first two look sane. Libertarians are the flip side of Marxists. Nice dorm-room wankfests, but utter train wrecks in the real world.
It was only a year ago that we had "the other side of the coin." They didn't cut teachers and teachers' salaries, curtail early voting, force nearly all the abortion clinics to close, and reduce corporate taxes even further. Are they similar in some ways? Yes, I'd say regardless of party the donor class gets fed first. But one is willing to let a few more scraps hit the floor. If that sounds like less than a ringing endorsement of the Democrats, you're reading me right. But to say there are no differences between them is to wrapped up in your own thought experiment, with no regard to the empirical data easily available by taking a look out your window.
I live in North Carolina. They are not the same team.
Actually, I like not living in Somalia and/or the 18th century. No where you may get me on your side is thinking about what we *get* for our nigh-fifty percent. Over in socialist Europe where they pay maybe 10% more than we do, they get free ("free" if you like) university for their kids, outstanding public primary and secondary schools, health care, pensions, guaranteed paid holidays from work, and a host of other things. I'm not sure how much we get, here in the states, aside from "getting" to shoulder the burden as all the wealth hoovers up into an aristocratic sliver of the population, who then captures government and gets their own taxes dropped through the floor. But, conservatives and their minions... what are you gonna do?
Bob Dole also brought it to the Senate floor. Squirm as you like, but the roots of Obamacare are firmly planted in conservative thought. I agree it's a bit of a Solomon's baby, though. Too bad there are so many people out there like you that pushed scared politicians (who just want to be re-elected, granted) away from single payer. But, as it has been pointed out, you are trivially reprogrammed, so I probably shouldn't hold you responsible.
You mean like pass his Jobs Act? Yeah, he's a total shifty slacker for not doing that.
I choose to pay taxes, just like I choose not to rape people. Would their be consequences if I were on the flip side of either? Sure, but that's not why I do it.