Well I for one am glad Congress is passing this valuable law.
It's not as if they have any more important issues like extending Common Carrier status to ISPs, or ending the ridiculous overseas war, or saving the Dollar from losing 50% of its value over the next decade, or auditing the Fed to find out where the ~2000 billion went, or providing poor people with School Choice to get a decent education, or stopping the TSA from sexually assaulting citizens.
Since the Democratic Congress has done all that - then sure - go ahead and fix the volume on my coma-inducing box.
The 90s is usually called the "Second golden age" of TV. A lot of great programming was produced, not just on network TV but mainly on Syndicated local programming (like Star Trek or B5) but also on cable (like the Sopranos). You don't really need a TV since these programs are on DVD or online. That's how I caught-up with some of the older 90s classics that I missed first time around.
BTW: This new Volume regulation probably won't solve the problem. It will demonstrate once again how government regulation does not work. If you're watching a quiet movie or show, and then the ad appears turned-up to maximum but still under the legal limit, viewers will not be happy. .
>>>nobody's going to work hard to make their content sound worse.
Why not? They do it with CDs where all dynamic range is eliminated. They'll do the same with TV content too.
Well a LOT of people have complained that Nielsen's measurements are inadequate, including national networks like NBC and WB (now CW).
So if you don't want to listen to me, that's cool. Listen to them instead. They are clearly unhappy with the poor sampling Nielsen provides, and have started testing new companies with better tracking of TV viewers.
>>>If I take a loan and use it to pay off my loan it doesn't mean I still need to pay back the loan
Bzzz. The government gave GM 20 billion - 13 in one account and 7 in another. GM borrowed from Account #1 and paid back the debt on Account #2. ----- Now Account #1 is 20 billion in the hole, where it was originally 13 billion in the hole. Nothing was paid back and GM still owes the taxpayers repayment.
>>>It's not as if you have more important issues like volunteering at a soup kitchen, or providing conflict resolution for prisoners, or writing to your representative about your views, or volunteer teaching at a local school to provide a decent education, or protesting the TSAs actions, or donating money to charity.
>>>Since you've done all that - then sure - go ahead and post on Slashdot.
First off I'm a private citizen, so you have no authority to boss me around or tell me what to do on my time. I'm not your Serf and don't need your permisson. In contrast a member of Congress is being PAID to do work, not goof off. He is an employee and the Boss (us) have every right to hold them accountable and complain when they are wasting worktime on trivial bullshit (TV) when there are more important issues (the fed audit, the collapsing dollar, ending the war, etc) that they are doing Nothing to fix.
Recently a class of students voted to have a short 1-minute prayer at their graduation. The school refused to let them, so yes government banned ~200 people people from exercising their faith. It's just the same as if the government refused to let them publish a school paper (i.e. muzzled them).
Of course that's not the real issue.
Thishandouts by government is just Corporate Welfare. Whether it's for a park or football stadium or whatever new idea the corporations hatch. The working class is being forced to help the rich. This Bible Park is a perfect example of workers having their wallets sucked dry of money, so a few people can get rich off their park
hahahahahahahaahahahaha! Oh man that was priceless. Almost as funny as saying IE is one of the safest/most secure browsers on the browsers. MS hasn't produced anything good since 1977's MS Basic - well and 1985's Word. Now: how about a free AntiVirus tool that doesn't require me to use a company that was sued by two major world powers (EU and US) for crimes?
hahahahahahahaahahahaha! Oh man that was priceless. Almost as funny as saying Innerweb Exploder is one of the best browsers. MS hasn't produced anything good since 1977's MS Basic - well and 1985's Word. Now: how about a free AntiVirus tool that doesn't require me to sell my soul? Thx.
ALL of the handouts by government are just Corporate Welfare. Whether it's for a park or football stadium or whatever new idea the corporations hatch. The working class is being forced to help the rich.
>>>Since you've done all that - then sure - go ahead and post on Slashdot. .
Why is every Anon. Coward post I've read lately an asshole?
First off I'm a private citizen, so you have no authority to boss me around or tell me what to do on my time. I'm not your Serf and don't need your permisson. In contrast a member of Congress is being PAID to do work, not goof off. He is an employee and the Boss (us) have every right to hold them accountable and complain when they are wasting worktime on trivial bullshit (TV) when there are more important issues (the fed audit, the collapsing dollar, ending the war, etc). Clear?
And next time, post under your UserID because from this point forward I'm blocking AC posts. You'll be talking to yourself because I won't hear you.
It also seems pretty obvious that Comcast is trying to protect its TV/Movie business. They figure if customers are not watching HBO or USA or whatever, but instead watching netflix, then Comcast will try to charge extra for the privilege. Their TV/Movie business may collapse but they can still collect fees off the streaming netflix business.
I think people who put faith in corporations are fools. But likewise I think people who put faith in government are fools too. Either way you're getting squashed by a powerful organization that considers you an ant of no importance. The CEOs are trying to screw you, but so too are the Congresscritters. You're like an old abused dildo.
It's only 4000/210 == 19 homes per city/market. It seems very inadequate that a 19-home sample could be statistically relevant. Plus from what I've read via B&C, the Nielsen company routinely fails to monitor suburb or rural homes. The sampling is focused on city residents which of course skews the reports.
An increase to 190 homes per market seems logical to me, and given how cheap these devices have become (compared to what they were in the 60s or 70s), not a significant cost for better accuracy.
>>>Pretty much everyone who has a set top cable box is monitored
Citation Please.
Every cable box I've seen is just a "dumb" converter box - nothing more. Also even if said box did "report back" your viewing habits, that data is NOT included in the Ratings reports generated by Nielsen and used by stations/networks to see how many folks are watching. So I'd like you to post some proof to back-up your opinion.
The government gave GM 20 billion - 13 in one account and 7 in another. GM borrowed from Account #1 and paid back the debt on Account #2.
Now Account #1 is 20 billion in the hole, where it was originally 13 billion in the hole. Nothing was paid back and GM still owes the taxpayers repayment.
Killing the head of the MAFIAA would not kill the organization but the replacement head, fearing for his life, would stop sending extortion letters to rape citizens' wallets. And if not Head #2, then shoot him and maybe Heads 3 or 4 will be smarter.
>>>the press is hounding the Democrats to compromise even when they've been handed a mandate to govern
They lost that mandate a month ago.
As for the press: ABC, CBS, PBS, and MS-NBC are the most pro-democrat channels you could find. Their reporters cried on the air when the Democrats won 2008. I don't see how the Dems could have any more positive support from the press.
He watched those programs on DVD or online. That's how I caught-up with some of the older 90s classics that I missed first time around.
BTW: This probably won't solve the problem. It will demonstrate once again how government regulation does not work. If you're watching a quiet movie or show, and then the ad appears turned-up to maximum but still under the legal limit, viewers will not be happy. .
>>>nobody's going to work hard to make their content sound worse.
Why not? They do it with CDs where all dynamic range is eliminated. They'll do the same with TV content too.
Slashdot Mirror
Old school??? Hardly. THIS is old school. Prints "HELLO" across the top of the C=64 screen with a "buzzer" sound:
0 POKE 54296,15:POKE 54278,240:POKE 54273,100:POKE 54276,33
1 POKE 1024+15, 8
2 POKE 1024+16, 5
3 POKE 1024+17,12
4 POKE 1024+18,12
5 POKE 1024+19,15
6 POKE 54296,0
To be more precise:
- He stole the inventor's original creative work without compensating his labor (a few pennies per copy).
>>>you can in no way determine how many sales were lost to getting it for free.
Precisely. I'd go without virus software rather than pay for it, just as I go without Cable TV rather than pay for it.
Well I for one am glad Congress is passing this valuable law.
It's not as if they have any more important issues like extending Common Carrier status to ISPs, or ending the ridiculous overseas war, or saving the Dollar from losing 50% of its value over the next decade, or auditing the Fed to find out where the ~2000 billion went, or providing poor people with School Choice to get a decent education, or stopping the TSA from sexually assaulting citizens.
Since the Democratic Congress has done all that - then sure - go ahead and fix the volume on my coma-inducing box.
The 90s is usually called the "Second golden age" of TV. A lot of great programming was produced, not just on network TV but mainly on Syndicated local programming (like Star Trek or B5) but also on cable (like the Sopranos). You don't really need a TV since these programs are on DVD or online. That's how I caught-up with some of the older 90s classics that I missed first time around.
BTW: This new Volume regulation probably won't solve the problem. It will demonstrate once again how government regulation does not work. If you're watching a quiet movie or show, and then the ad appears turned-up to maximum but still under the legal limit, viewers will not be happy.
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>>>nobody's going to work hard to make their content sound worse.
Why not? They do it with CDs where all dynamic range is eliminated. They'll do the same with TV content too.
Why is Amazon's pricing higher for Northern California residents?
Well a LOT of people have complained that Nielsen's measurements are inadequate, including national networks like NBC and WB (now CW).
So if you don't want to listen to me, that's cool. Listen to them instead. They are clearly unhappy with the poor sampling Nielsen provides, and have started testing new companies with better tracking of TV viewers.
>>>If I take a loan and use it to pay off my loan it doesn't mean I still need to pay back the loan
Bzzz. The government gave GM 20 billion - 13 in one account and 7 in another. GM borrowed from Account #1 and paid back the debt on Account #2. ----- Now Account #1 is 20 billion in the hole, where it was originally 13 billion in the hole. Nothing was paid back and GM still owes the taxpayers repayment.
>>>It's not as if you have more important issues like volunteering at a soup kitchen, or providing conflict resolution for prisoners, or writing to your representative about your views, or volunteer teaching at a local school to provide a decent education, or protesting the TSAs actions, or donating money to charity.
>>>Since you've done all that - then sure - go ahead and post on Slashdot.
First off I'm a private citizen, so you have no authority to boss me around or tell me what to do on my time. I'm not your Serf and don't need your permisson. In contrast a member of Congress is being PAID to do work, not goof off. He is an employee and the Boss (us) have every right to hold them accountable and complain when they are wasting worktime on trivial bullshit (TV) when there are more important issues (the fed audit, the collapsing dollar, ending the war, etc) that they are doing Nothing to fix.
Clear?
Recently a class of students voted to have a short 1-minute prayer at their graduation. The school refused to let them, so yes government banned ~200 people people from exercising their faith. It's just the same as if the government refused to let them publish a school paper (i.e. muzzled them).
Of course that's not the real issue.
Thishandouts by government is just Corporate Welfare. Whether it's for a park or football stadium or whatever new idea the corporations hatch. The working class is being forced to help the rich. This Bible Park is a perfect example of workers having their wallets sucked dry of money, so a few people can get rich off their park
It's theft.
>>>MS Security
hahahahahahahaahahahaha! Oh man that was priceless. Almost as funny as saying IE is one of the safest/most secure browsers on the browsers. MS hasn't produced anything good since 1977's MS Basic - well and 1985's Word. Now: how about a free AntiVirus tool that doesn't require me to use a company that was sued by two major world powers (EU and US) for crimes?
Thx.
L8r
>>>I don't have a UserID - hence I post AC
Don't believe you
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>>>one of the best browsers
P.S. Which would be the non-google Chromium, Mozilla/seamonkey, or PuppyFox (for lucid 10.0 linux) because they run in less than 150 MB.
>>>MS Security
hahahahahahahaahahahaha! Oh man that was priceless. Almost as funny as saying Innerweb Exploder is one of the best browsers. MS hasn't produced anything good since 1977's MS Basic - well and 1985's Word. Now: how about a free AntiVirus tool that doesn't require me to sell my soul? Thx.
L8r
ALL of the handouts by government are just Corporate Welfare. Whether it's for a park or football stadium or whatever new idea the corporations hatch. The working class is being forced to help the rich.
>>>Since you've done all that - then sure - go ahead and post on Slashdot.
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Why is every Anon. Coward post I've read lately an asshole?
First off I'm a private citizen, so you have no authority to boss me around or tell me what to do on my time. I'm not your Serf and don't need your permisson. In contrast a member of Congress is being PAID to do work, not goof off. He is an employee and the Boss (us) have every right to hold them accountable and complain when they are wasting worktime on trivial bullshit (TV) when there are more important issues (the fed audit, the collapsing dollar, ending the war, etc). Clear?
And next time, post under your UserID because from this point forward I'm blocking AC posts. You'll be talking to yourself because I won't hear you.
Good summary.
It also seems pretty obvious that Comcast is trying to protect its TV/Movie business. They figure if customers are not watching HBO or USA or whatever, but instead watching netflix, then Comcast will try to charge extra for the privilege. Their TV/Movie business may collapse but they can still collect fees off the streaming netflix business.
Pretty much.
I think people who put faith in corporations are fools. But likewise I think people who put faith in government are fools too. Either way you're getting squashed by a powerful organization that considers you an ant of no importance. The CEOs are trying to screw you, but so too are the Congresscritters. You're like an old abused dildo.
>>>4k homes is actually a pretty good sample size
It's only 4000/210 == 19 homes per city/market. It seems very inadequate that a 19-home sample could be statistically relevant. Plus from what I've read via B&C, the Nielsen company routinely fails to monitor suburb or rural homes. The sampling is focused on city residents which of course skews the reports.
An increase to 190 homes per market seems logical to me, and given how cheap these devices have become (compared to what they were in the 60s or 70s), not a significant cost for better accuracy.
>>>Pretty much everyone who has a set top cable box is monitored
Citation Please.
Every cable box I've seen is just a "dumb" converter box - nothing more. Also even if said box did "report back" your viewing habits, that data is NOT included in the Ratings reports generated by Nielsen and used by stations/networks to see how many folks are watching. So I'd like you to post some proof to back-up your opinion.
The government gave GM 20 billion - 13 in one account and 7 in another. GM borrowed from Account #1 and paid back the debt on Account #2.
Now Account #1 is 20 billion in the hole, where it was originally 13 billion in the hole.
Nothing was paid back and GM still owes the taxpayers repayment.
Why is Amazon's pricing higher for Northern California residents?
The last guy who tried to extort money from me - now lives in a coffin.
:-|
Just joking.
Killing the head of the MAFIAA would not kill the organization but the replacement head, fearing for his life, would stop sending extortion letters to rape citizens' wallets. And if not Head #2, then shoot him and maybe Heads 3 or 4 will be smarter.
>>>the press is hounding the Democrats to compromise even when they've been handed a mandate to govern
They lost that mandate a month ago.
As for the press: ABC, CBS, PBS, and MS-NBC are the most pro-democrat channels you could find. Their reporters cried on the air when the Democrats won 2008. I don't see how the Dems could have any more positive support from the press.
OR:
He watched those programs on DVD or online. That's how I caught-up with some of the older 90s classics that I missed first time around.
BTW: This probably won't solve the problem. It will demonstrate once again how government regulation does not work. If you're watching a quiet movie or show, and then the ad appears turned-up to maximum but still under the legal limit, viewers will not be happy.
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>>>nobody's going to work hard to make their content sound worse.
Why not? They do it with CDs where all dynamic range is eliminated. They'll do the same with TV content too.