This is an *offer*. I had a feeling that Sterling was trying to negotiate in the press when he pointed out he's been offered as much as $2.5B (probably a lie). I don't think he's as dead set against the sale as he says. We'll see that when he gets the price he was asking for.
He's one nutjob who had mental issues. I don't ascribe anything in his story to male-female relations in general. I got through about 10 seconds of his rant and couldn't tolerate his smug entitlement. Lots of people have dating problems. Very few of them write manifestos and even fewer start killing.
I could've sworn I watched a documentary that stated gamma ray bursts are only observed at extremely long distances so there's little likelihood of one occurring close enough to be a threat to us. Right or wrong?
It'll stop the ESPNs and CNNs from extorting cable providers. ESPN charges a BOATLOAD for licensing because they know that cable providers can't risk losing the 33% or so of their base for whom that would be a showstopper. Now, if we have a la carte, do you think that 1/3 of the customer base will pay 3 times as much each for ESPN (that would probably be about $25/month) to maintain pricing parity? NO!
It'll also eliminate the garbage channel suites (with clones repeating the same content) as well has putting pressure on content providers to produce stuff we want to see. I really don't give a damn if 50% of channels go away since we're not watching that filler anyway!
Perfectly stated. I played for less than my 3 months and quit with zero interest in returning. Any criticisms are dismissed as the semi-intelligent whining on another inferior mind who just can't "get" it.
Interesting point, but quality isn't the only part of the dining experience. There's the service, people watching, having a night out, etc.
That being said, if I could replicate meals that I know are simple yet I don't have the recipes for (e.g. the Thai "fast food" place on the other side of town), I would probably *never* go there again because of the inconvenience.
I was with you until your Blackfish comment. That IMO is *exactly* what CNN should be focusing on. If I want breaking news nowadays I'm not getting it from CNN scroller. TV news networks have the ability to take on long form documentaries that can go indepth and be visual and appealing. Blackfish and Pandora's Promise were fantastic and a hell of a lot of people cared about the former.
We're ALL on the "list." The only difference is what degree of escalation your monitoring is at. And, we're mostly accepting that. I listened to some comments last week by Samuel Jackson rephrasing the old "hey if you're not a terrorist you have nothing to worry about" refrain.
Very disheartening and depressing. People are just whistling past the liberty graveyard.
Now what? Are people going to engage in any kind of activism at all or vent on Slashdot? People simply don't give a crap about privacy and the polls show it. Everyone has the "hey, I'm not a terrorist so why should I care?" attitude.
I've been trying to maintain it for my own online experience and the tracking is insanely pervasive. I can't even create a YouTube account without giving out my phone number. I've actually written my representatives to complain about it, but I know I'm in a small, quiet minority in this country. I just get tired of reading all the incensed comments and articles about the loss of online privacy when it amounts to nothing more than another rant.
Incorrect. The guy stuck his neck out making GW his cause and trying to promote activism to reverse it. I'm big into documentaries and there have been dozens since that have come out that are just as important that barely made a whiff in theaters. It's ludicrous to think that someone would use the documentary genre to get rich. Al Gore's efforts took off and to add to that he turned out to be a damned good businessman with his Current network.
Besides, the way to get rich is to be a scientist on the take from Big Oil who uses is credentials to pretend GW isn't real.
You're correct. I love the actor, he's been great in other roles but he was terrible at pulling off the geekiness that Toby Macguire handled so well. This Peter Parker is more like a privileged frat boy. I thought the 3rd original Spiderman sucked, but I had zero interest in the 2nd new entry after seeing the first.
And, I REALLY hated the change to his origin story. I don't know if that's in the comics, but that's typical comic melodrama. Cyclops couldn't just be an Orphan of a plane crash. Now, daddy is an interstellar space hero. Same w/ Spiderman. His whole appeal is that he's a very smart, but very working class kid who's alter ego is in another universe compared to other comic hero covers.
If I follow a woman around and snap pictures of her through her windows, I'm a stalker. If she's in the public eye for *whatever* reason and I tell the cop I'm going to sell the pics to the Enquirer, that makes it OK. No one would have a problem using drones to survey farmland, but what happens when there's a network of drones in the air tracking the movements of every citizen and that database is sold to the the government?
This is something we need to get worked out quickly before the abuses start.
And the freetards still complain that it's not as good as piracy. He needs to just accept that some people will always pirate then rationalize why they *have* to do so.
How on earth does a *smart* investment rely on microsecond-span fluctuations in stock prices? It can't. Either something is or isn't a good investment. If you need a Mathematics PhD churning out time-sensitive algorithms to make money, by nature that means you're gaming the market.
The storyline was wrapped up in the movies. I'm not talking about Lucas' original vision. Had RotJ been left somewhat open ended like intended, I'd agree with you.
Before I even moved in, every organization with foreknowledge of the sale apparently sold my information to whoever was paying. My mailbox was PACKED with junk mail in my name before I even moved in! And, it was all targeted (Home Depot, furniture stores, pest control, etc.). To this day, I'd estimate that 60-70% of what I get is junk mail. There's no way these companies can be paying the going rate I pay as a US citizen to mail letters.
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This is an *offer*. I had a feeling that Sterling was trying to negotiate in the press when he pointed out he's been offered as much as $2.5B (probably a lie). I don't think he's as dead set against the sale as he says. We'll see that when he gets the price he was asking for.
He's one nutjob who had mental issues. I don't ascribe anything in his story to male-female relations in general. I got through about 10 seconds of his rant and couldn't tolerate his smug entitlement. Lots of people have dating problems. Very few of them write manifestos and even fewer start killing.
I could've sworn I watched a documentary that stated gamma ray bursts are only observed at extremely long distances so there's little likelihood of one occurring close enough to be a threat to us. Right or wrong?
Slashdot has tanked in the last few years, but this is a new low and the anonymous comments...
I think I'm going to take a break from you for a while, Slashdot. *Maybe* I'll come back...
It'll stop the ESPNs and CNNs from extorting cable providers. ESPN charges a BOATLOAD for licensing because they know that cable providers can't risk losing the 33% or so of their base for whom that would be a showstopper. Now, if we have a la carte, do you think that 1/3 of the customer base will pay 3 times as much each for ESPN (that would probably be about $25/month) to maintain pricing parity? NO!
It'll also eliminate the garbage channel suites (with clones repeating the same content) as well has putting pressure on content providers to produce stuff we want to see. I really don't give a damn if 50% of channels go away since we're not watching that filler anyway!
Perfectly stated. I played for less than my 3 months and quit with zero interest in returning. Any criticisms are dismissed as the semi-intelligent whining on another inferior mind who just can't "get" it.
Right! I don't drive my car anymore because of all the jerkwad drug dealers transporting with cars and giving them a bad name.
Interesting point, but quality isn't the only part of the dining experience. There's the service, people watching, having a night out, etc.
That being said, if I could replicate meals that I know are simple yet I don't have the recipes for (e.g. the Thai "fast food" place on the other side of town), I would probably *never* go there again because of the inconvenience.
I was with you until your Blackfish comment. That IMO is *exactly* what CNN should be focusing on. If I want breaking news nowadays I'm not getting it from CNN scroller. TV news networks have the ability to take on long form documentaries that can go indepth and be visual and appealing. Blackfish and Pandora's Promise were fantastic and a hell of a lot of people cared about the former.
You can't quit us!
He knows all about recycling salty fluids.
You mean the A4 on the A4 on the A4?
We're ALL on the "list." The only difference is what degree of escalation your monitoring is at. And, we're mostly accepting that. I listened to some comments last week by Samuel Jackson rephrasing the old "hey if you're not a terrorist you have nothing to worry about" refrain.
Very disheartening and depressing. People are just whistling past the liberty graveyard.
Now what? Are people going to engage in any kind of activism at all or vent on Slashdot? People simply don't give a crap about privacy and the polls show it. Everyone has the "hey, I'm not a terrorist so why should I care?" attitude.
I've been trying to maintain it for my own online experience and the tracking is insanely pervasive. I can't even create a YouTube account without giving out my phone number. I've actually written my representatives to complain about it, but I know I'm in a small, quiet minority in this country. I just get tired of reading all the incensed comments and articles about the loss of online privacy when it amounts to nothing more than another rant.
Incorrect. The guy stuck his neck out making GW his cause and trying to promote activism to reverse it. I'm big into documentaries and there have been dozens since that have come out that are just as important that barely made a whiff in theaters. It's ludicrous to think that someone would use the documentary genre to get rich. Al Gore's efforts took off and to add to that he turned out to be a damned good businessman with his Current network.
Besides, the way to get rich is to be a scientist on the take from Big Oil who uses is credentials to pretend GW isn't real.
You're correct. I love the actor, he's been great in other roles but he was terrible at pulling off the geekiness that Toby Macguire handled so well. This Peter Parker is more like a privileged frat boy. I thought the 3rd original Spiderman sucked, but I had zero interest in the 2nd new entry after seeing the first.
And, I REALLY hated the change to his origin story. I don't know if that's in the comics, but that's typical comic melodrama. Cyclops couldn't just be an Orphan of a plane crash. Now, daddy is an interstellar space hero. Same w/ Spiderman. His whole appeal is that he's a very smart, but very working class kid who's alter ego is in another universe compared to other comic hero covers.
That's a legit question over great lengths of space and time.
If I follow a woman around and snap pictures of her through her windows, I'm a stalker. If she's in the public eye for *whatever* reason and I tell the cop I'm going to sell the pics to the Enquirer, that makes it OK. No one would have a problem using drones to survey farmland, but what happens when there's a network of drones in the air tracking the movements of every citizen and that database is sold to the the government?
This is something we need to get worked out quickly before the abuses start.
And the freetards still complain that it's not as good as piracy. He needs to just accept that some people will always pirate then rationalize why they *have* to do so.
How on earth does a *smart* investment rely on microsecond-span fluctuations in stock prices? It can't. Either something is or isn't a good investment. If you need a Mathematics PhD churning out time-sensitive algorithms to make money, by nature that means you're gaming the market.
There's nothing crazy about taking the huge bribe she'll be getting.
Selling them at a loss is just reducing the loss.
Huh?
The storyline was wrapped up in the movies. I'm not talking about Lucas' original vision. Had RotJ been left somewhat open ended like intended, I'd agree with you.
Don't worry. Now that technology is allowing these abuses to target "us" and not "them" people will start getting angry.
Before I even moved in, every organization with foreknowledge of the sale apparently sold my information to whoever was paying. My mailbox was PACKED with junk mail in my name before I even moved in! And, it was all targeted (Home Depot, furniture stores, pest control, etc.). To this day, I'd estimate that 60-70% of what I get is junk mail. There's no way these companies can be paying the going rate I pay as a US citizen to mail letters.