The government sysadmin had left it set to the default (basically no password). It really IS the same as leaving a bank's front door unlocked. Or locking it but leaving the key hanging off the handle.
Actually what I said is that if the Apple Store refused to give me a Free bumper, in order to fix my reception-ridden phone, I'd take the bumper and walk out the door.
FOX 8 in Cleveland is owned-and-operated by a private company (Oak Hill Capital Partners in CT). They have no affiliation with the FOX Cable Channel whatsoever. The views you see are the views of the local reporters, not the national cable channel. ----- Maybe some day FOX News will have a national 6:30 program like ABC, CBS and NBC, but for right now they don't have a presence on public airwaves. .
>>>Oh and those liberal talkshows never really take off in part that its harder to get an ultra-liberal/hippy audience than and ultraconservative/religious-right one.
And the solution is to FORCE stations to air these shows, even if almost-no one wants to hear them? That's illogical. Talkshows should stand or fail on their own merits, as determined by how many people listen. When the liberal Air America went bankrupt it was sad, but that's the way things go - people weren't interested.
It's just like horsewhips. Nobody was buying them, so they all but disappeared.
Whatever is necessary to keep an active navy patrolling the east and west coast, plus a few soldiers along the southern and northern borders. Congressman Ron Paul claims that could be done with just the taxes collected from Tariffs. i.e. Not much money.
>>>Why? Why is a naked chest less damaging to a child than a slit throat.
Because the sight of a naked human is no more damaging than seeing a naked pig or cow or deer. The idea that a child would experience *any* kind of trauma from a naked chest is ridiculous.
Also Comcast's network is largely coaxial cable that was rolled-out in the 1980s and 90s *on their own dime* not with government money. It is a private network.
>>>the childish position that all government is bad.
How about the historical position? From 1910 to the present various governments around the world have killed almost 1/2 billion of their *own* citizens. And I'm not talking about just Fascist Germany, but also so-called Democratic countries like Turkey. I think that gives me a pretty damn good, and logical reason not to trust governments.
I'd rather not have the FCC Chair or President making decisions for me.
I want to make the decisions myself. Example: "Comcast sucks. I'm switching to Cox instead." Done. Of course the only reason I can't do that is because government gave Comcast a monopoly. Government took-away my power of choice.
>>>Guess what? You just argued in favor of regulation. If you want consumers to have choices for broadband, then you are talking about forcing companies, through regulation, to make their infrastructure available to everyone. >>>
No I didn't. And your comment shows you don't understand how things actually work. The only reason Comcast has a monopoly in my neighborhood is because government GAVE them a monopoly. That's right: Government regulated the monopoly into existence. Bravo. What the government needs to do is *step away* and allow other providers like Cox and T-W and ATT and Verizon to enter the market, run their own fiber optics in parallel with Comcast's, and give customers multiple choices to choose from.
>>>[MSNBC] doesn't really influence opinion. It reinforces it. It's like an echo chamber where people go when they want to hear what they already believe. That is why they are so successful; not because [Rachel Maddow] believes the [whites are racists] stuff she says, but because they tell people what they want to hear. It's also why we make fun of [MSNBC aka DNC-NBC] >>>
Many Democrats, Greens, and Communists are already boycotting FOX News and have been for over a year now. It isn't working. Why? Because it's the only channel on TV that's not liberal-biased (pro-make-government-larger), and people sick of the liberal bias of ABC, CBS, PBS, MSNBC, and CNN decided to watch FOX News instead.
The question in the Original Poster's message was about *FCC* regulations not random government programs. The person who replied didn't answer the question asked.
Actually I'm conservative and pretty much want the whole thing to shrink to the size of a few blocks (the Congress, White House, and Supreme Court buildings). There's no reason why the US Government should have any more power than the EU Government. As for liberals wanting to shrink government? I'm not buying it. They were the ones who passed the Patriot Renewal Act. A liberal president signed it into law. And expanded the Patriot Act spying program to include not just wired phones, but also cellphones and internet.
>>>Somebody is going to be in control of it, one way or another.
FALSE. Not if you operate the internet like local grocery stores. In my county I can choose from no less than 20 different stores. We should be able to do the same with internet companies. Put the power in the hands of the consumer to make his OWN choice between Comcast or Cox or Cablevision or Time-Warner or Verizon or ATT or AppleTV or MSN or GoogleNet or.....
>>>When last I checked, they were a centrist party.
Any party that endorses the expansion of more-and-more government (which necessarily shrinks individual liberty & choice) is anything but centrist. The Democrats since the 1930s have been the polar opposite of what today's modern Libertarian party represents.
>>>A totally biased, lying, piece of shit ultra conservative program that makes it's own definition of news is followed by millions of sheep in the US.
Let's examine that shall we? Over-the-air broadcast television which is regulated by the FCC breaks-down like so:
Liberal: ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS Conserv: None.
Or if I include cable television (which is private and not regulated): Liberal: ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, MSNBC, CNN Conserv: FNC
I think your statement that the media is dominated by conservative news is in error.
Actually it does in America. Quoting the Law: "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." It's one and the same. After all the news/press is just speech in written form. I can SAY that I think our last three presidents were tyrants. Or I can put my speech to paper. It makes no difference.
>>>What makes you think the FCC is trying to protect consumers?
Gee, I don't know . . . Vaccination Programs, School Lunches, Schools, in general, The road you drive on, The Internet I'm typing on, Social Security, Medicare, Food Stamps
Somebody can't read. Probably a product of the government school monopoly.
>>>Wireless LNP allows consumers to switch from one wireless carrier to another within the same general metropolitan area. It does not allow consumers to keep the same phone number when moving to a new town or city. >>>
That's interesting. I kept my same phone number even though I moved to a different state. People sometimes ask me why my area code is Maryland instead of my current state - well it's because I kept the same number.
In other words he's saying, "Monopoly control is bad." It doesn't matter if its a private monopoly like Comcast or a government monopoly like FCC. It takes-away freedom of choice.
>>>It does not help that Fox news, the most popular news network in America,
Minor correction: FOX News channel is just a small drop in the bucket compared to how many people watch the morning and evening news at ABC, CBS, NBC. Any one of those is 3-4 times more watched the FNC.
>>>Fairness Principle..... as part of the agreement that they can license the 'publicly owned' airwaves, and presto, Fox "News".
FOX News doesn't use the public airwaves. FOX is wholly-and-completely distributed by private cable lines. The same is true for all cable channels (TNT, FX, USA, et cetera). Perhaps you should learn how things *actually* work? The Fairness Doctrine only applied to over-the-air television.
As for balance on *public* spectrum several AM/FM stations routinely air liberal talkshows to counterbalance the Becks and Limbaughs. On TV there's the left-leaning PBS and NBC. I also have a local station called "MiND" that shows Democracy Now and GritTV and other liberal programs. There's really no need for a Fairness Doctrine, since there's already plenty of programs on both left and right.
Note when I say liberal I refer to pro-"making government bigger" You rarely here the counter-argument that government should be smaller.
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He didn't "guess" the password.
The government sysadmin had left it set to the default (basically no password). It really IS the same as leaving a bank's front door unlocked. Or locking it but leaving the key hanging off the handle.
Actually what I said is that if the Apple Store refused to give me a Free bumper, in order to fix my reception-ridden phone, I'd take the bumper and walk out the door.
So how comes FOX and DNC-NBC are still on the air, instead of getting sued out of existence?
FOX 8 in Cleveland is owned-and-operated by a private company (Oak Hill Capital Partners in CT). They have no affiliation with the FOX Cable Channel whatsoever. The views you see are the views of the local reporters, not the national cable channel. ----- Maybe some day FOX News will have a national 6:30 program like ABC, CBS and NBC, but for right now they don't have a presence on public airwaves.
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>>>Oh and those liberal talkshows never really take off in part that its harder to get an ultra-liberal/hippy audience than and ultraconservative/religious-right one.
And the solution is to FORCE stations to air these shows, even if almost-no one wants to hear them? That's illogical. Talkshows should stand or fail on their own merits, as determined by how many people listen. When the liberal Air America went bankrupt it was sad, but that's the way things go - people weren't interested.
It's just like horsewhips. Nobody was buying them, so they all but disappeared.
What CSN Philly mess?
Whatever is necessary to keep an active navy patrolling the east and west coast, plus a few soldiers along the southern and northern borders. Congressman Ron Paul claims that could be done with just the taxes collected from Tariffs. i.e. Not much money.
>>>Why? Why is a naked chest less damaging to a child than a slit throat.
Because the sight of a naked human is no more damaging than seeing a naked pig or cow or deer. The idea that a child would experience *any* kind of trauma from a naked chest is ridiculous.
Also Comcast's network is largely coaxial cable that was rolled-out in the 1980s and 90s *on their own dime* not with government money. It is a private network.
Correction: "killed almost 0.2 billion"
In other words: The equivalent of half the EU population was killed by their own governments.
>>>the childish position that all government is bad.
How about the historical position? From 1910 to the present various governments around the world have killed almost 1/2 billion of their *own* citizens. And I'm not talking about just Fascist Germany, but also so-called Democratic countries like Turkey. I think that gives me a pretty damn good, and logical reason not to trust governments.
I'd rather not have the FCC Chair or President making decisions for me.
I want to make the decisions myself. Example: "Comcast sucks. I'm switching to Cox instead." Done. Of course the only reason I can't do that is because government gave Comcast a monopoly. Government took-away my power of choice.
>>>Guess what? You just argued in favor of regulation. If you want consumers to have choices for broadband, then you are talking about forcing companies, through regulation, to make their infrastructure available to everyone.
>>>
No I didn't. And your comment shows you don't understand how things actually work. The only reason Comcast has a monopoly in my neighborhood is because government GAVE them a monopoly. That's right: Government regulated the monopoly into existence. Bravo. What the government needs to do is *step away* and allow other providers like Cox and T-W and ATT and Verizon to enter the market, run their own fiber optics in parallel with Comcast's, and give customers multiple choices to choose from.
>>>[MSNBC] doesn't really influence opinion. It reinforces it. It's like an echo chamber where people go when they want to hear what they already believe. That is why they are so successful; not because [Rachel Maddow] believes the [whites are racists] stuff she says, but because they tell people what they want to hear. It's also why we make fun of [MSNBC aka DNC-NBC]
>>>
This is also true.
Many Democrats, Greens, and Communists are already boycotting FOX News and have been for over a year now. It isn't working. Why? Because it's the only channel on TV that's not liberal-biased (pro-make-government-larger), and people sick of the liberal bias of ABC, CBS, PBS, MSNBC, and CNN decided to watch FOX News instead.
As is their right.
The question in the Original Poster's message was about *FCC* regulations not random government programs. The person who replied didn't answer the question asked.
Actually I'm conservative and pretty much want the whole thing to shrink to the size of a few blocks (the Congress, White House, and Supreme Court buildings). There's no reason why the US Government should have any more power than the EU Government. As for liberals wanting to shrink government? I'm not buying it. They were the ones who passed the Patriot Renewal Act. A liberal president signed it into law. And expanded the Patriot Act spying program to include not just wired phones, but also cellphones and internet.
>>>Somebody is going to be in control of it, one way or another.
FALSE. Not if you operate the internet like local grocery stores. In my county I can choose from no less than 20 different stores. We should be able to do the same with internet companies. Put the power in the hands of the consumer to make his OWN choice between Comcast or Cox or Cablevision or Time-Warner or Verizon or ATT or AppleTV or MSN or GoogleNet or .....
>>>When last I checked, they were a centrist party.
Any party that endorses the expansion of more-and-more government (which necessarily shrinks individual liberty & choice) is anything but centrist. The Democrats since the 1930s have been the polar opposite of what today's modern Libertarian party represents.
>>>A totally biased, lying, piece of shit ultra conservative program that makes it's own definition of news is followed by millions of sheep in the US.
Let's examine that shall we? Over-the-air broadcast television which is regulated by the FCC breaks-down like so:
Liberal: ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS
Conserv: None.
Or if I include cable television (which is private and not regulated):
Liberal: ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, MSNBC, CNN
Conserv: FNC
I think your statement that the media is dominated by conservative news is in error.
>>>FREE SPEECH != NEWS.
Actually it does in America. Quoting the Law: "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." It's one and the same. After all the news/press is just speech in written form. I can SAY that I think our last three presidents were tyrants. Or I can put my speech to paper. It makes no difference.
>>>What makes you think the FCC is trying to protect consumers?
Gee, I don't know . . . Vaccination Programs, School Lunches, Schools, in general, The road you drive on, The Internet I'm typing on, Social Security, Medicare, Food Stamps
Somebody can't read.
Probably a product of the
government school monopoly.
>>>Wireless LNP allows consumers to switch from one wireless carrier to another within the same general metropolitan area. It does not allow consumers to keep the same phone number when moving to a new town or city.
>>>
That's interesting. I kept my same phone number even though I moved to a different state. People sometimes ask me why my area code is Maryland instead of my current state - well it's because I kept the same number.
In other words he's saying, "Monopoly control is bad." It doesn't matter if its a private monopoly like Comcast or a government monopoly like FCC. It takes-away freedom of choice.
>>>It does not help that Fox news, the most popular news network in America,
Minor correction: FOX News channel is just a small drop in the bucket compared to how many people watch the morning and evening news at ABC, CBS, NBC. Any one of those is 3-4 times more watched the FNC.
>>>Fairness Principle..... as part of the agreement that they can license the 'publicly owned' airwaves, and presto, Fox "News".
FOX News doesn't use the public airwaves. FOX is wholly-and-completely distributed by private cable lines. The same is true for all cable channels (TNT, FX, USA, et cetera). Perhaps you should learn how things *actually* work? The Fairness Doctrine only applied to over-the-air television.
As for balance on *public* spectrum several AM/FM stations routinely air liberal talkshows to counterbalance the Becks and Limbaughs. On TV there's the left-leaning PBS and NBC. I also have a local station called "MiND" that shows Democracy Now and GritTV and other liberal programs. There's really no need for a Fairness Doctrine, since there's already plenty of programs on both left and right.
Note when I say liberal I refer to pro-"making government bigger"
You rarely here the counter-argument that government should be smaller.