I spent 8 MONTHS out of work, with a mortgage and an infant, because the CEO of my company couldnt stand the thought of not living in the lap of luxury at almost 300 grand a year. And while I know that wasnt the Telecommunications' act fault, the blame does lie there for planting that huge seed of outright GREED in the minds of the people like her.
What stopped you from looking for another job BEFORE you were laid off? Why is it that the CEO making 300k a year was no problem when you got hired but is suddenly an issue when you get laid off?
Not to minimize the oil we use for our cars but if tomorrow we all went to riding bikes or using electric cars, we'd still be stuck with Middle Eat oil.
It's called plastic, and it is EVERYWHERE.
In a nutshell, removing the electoral college would be like deciding the outcome of the World Series on the basis of the total number of runs scored by each team over the course of the seven games.
Can you provide a scoring example where the winner of the 7 games would have lost because of having less runs than the other team?
oops my bad.
But either way, I won't get my locals now because the DOJ and the FTC and whomever else don't want any real compepetion with the cable companies.
My definition of common wuld be 'anyone in the complex can access it freely.' Unless all patios are accessible, this is wrong. Have you contacted the FCC?
Also, Charlie Ergan (the CEO of Echostar, the owner of Dish Network), has done a number of things to piss off the FCC (like challenging the law that says if a provider carries any number of local channels from a city, it must carry all of the channels for that city, regardless of how popular the station is). After he lost the appeal for this law, he tried to do an end-run around the law, and put the most popular networks (the big four plus WB and UPN and in some cases PBS) on the main satellites, and require users to put up a second dish for the smaller stations. The FCC got pissed and told Echostar to do a number of remedies to fix the situation. They have come into compliance of the recomendations, but its still very iffy.
Huh? DISH has the DISH500 which recieves two satelites. It works great, because I have one and get the 110 and 65 degree satelites. What Echostar was challenging was the 'public' access channels some markets have that the FCC was wanting them to carry. i doubt they'd not carry UPN or WB, I'd want those channels and I am sure a lot of customrs would. Channel carrying should be a customer demand thing not a "hey there's a signal we better carry it" thing.
Individually, Dish Networks and DirectTV are no threat to the local cable companies. People who live in apartment complexes are rarely able to install satellite dishes. If your patio doesn't point the right way or you don't have a clear 45 degree line of site over any trees, you're screwed. A few complexes will let you install a dish on the roof if you're on the top floor. But they don't have to so they usually will not permit it. Many windows are opaque to satellite signals, so simply finding a window pointing in the right direction is not necessarily enough. I have to open a bedroom window to use my dish.
And even if you can get a dish installed, you probably won't get all your local networks. Although there will always be one station broadcast for every network from your satellite, you can't get access to any station that's not in your "broadcast area". Dish and DirecTV would probably like to sell you a package that gives you access to a replacement station in a different region, but they're not allowed to. The law prohibits it. Years ago, the cable companies lobbied the government to put that law in place to protect themselves from satellite competitors. How many people will subscribe to satellite TV when they'd be missing one or two of ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, UPN, and WB?
Actually the FCC says that common areas can be used for Dishes, and it would be illegal for an apartment complex to not allow a dish to go up.
I subscribe way before the law changed and locals were allowed to be broadcast. I had to sign up for the National network packages which give me New York and LA mostly national feeds. Now that the law has changed I pressure DISH every month to get my locals. They cover in my state Philly and Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. I'm in The Johnstown market. The merger would have gotten me locals and I could finally drop the New York and LA shit ( LA stations really do watch a vehicle chase for 3 hours straight). Yeah sure, DISH could just send up another bird and provide for more bandwidth but I'm sick of waiting.
I have cable in my area, yeah, 17 channels, 25 dollars. That sucks.
uh huh. I'd hope so but have you ever seen the eco-rights people climb a tree to keep it from being cut down? Why would they not try the same tactics with a sea wall? ( knocking it down in this case)
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IF BMG is making 100% Red Book compliant discs. then should a 100% Red Book compliant player, play the disc?
So it's either, the BMG discs are not 100 Red Book or the players are not 100% Red Book.
Oh. I thought that the "VA is dying" threads were just trols. Who woulda thought it was true.
Why did VA Software stop providing co-lo space?
This is a good thing? Full speed while you are doing nothing......
What stopped you from looking for another job BEFORE you were laid off? Why is it that the CEO making 300k a year was no problem when you got hired but is suddenly an issue when you get laid off?
What is it that was so hard about creating and sell slash?
Not to minimize the oil we use for our cars but if tomorrow we all went to riding bikes or using electric cars, we'd still be stuck with Middle Eat oil. It's called plastic, and it is EVERYWHERE.
Can you provide a scoring example where the winner of the 7 games would have lost because of having less runs than the other team?
In the end does it really matter off of what tech you make your money? Starbucks and your cellphone company own you wany.
Graduate? Damn, with your skills, you couldmake 80k a year fixing idiots PC's.
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What is Everquest?
oops my bad. But either way, I won't get my locals now because the DOJ and the FTC and whomever else don't want any real compepetion with the cable companies.
why not?
My definition of common wuld be 'anyone in the complex can access it freely.' Unless all patios are accessible, this is wrong. Have you contacted the FCC?
NJ has no TV stations of it's own. That's sad.
Freevo doesn't do recording, at least not yet.
Look at what happened when ATT was broken into the Baby Bells. Do we want that?
Yeah, I guess. I'm a Republican but I'd rather see 3 4 and 5 parties than just 2.
Huh? DISH has the DISH500 which recieves two satelites. It works great, because I have one and get the 110 and 65 degree satelites. What Echostar was challenging was the 'public' access channels some markets have that the FCC was wanting them to carry. i doubt they'd not carry UPN or WB, I'd want those channels and I am sure a lot of customrs would. Channel carrying should be a customer demand thing not a "hey there's a signal we better carry it" thing.
Actually the FCC says that common areas can be used for Dishes, and it would be illegal for an apartment complex to not allow a dish to go up. I subscribe way before the law changed and locals were allowed to be broadcast. I had to sign up for the National network packages which give me New York and LA mostly national feeds. Now that the law has changed I pressure DISH every month to get my locals. They cover in my state Philly and Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. I'm in The Johnstown market. The merger would have gotten me locals and I could finally drop the New York and LA shit ( LA stations really do watch a vehicle chase for 3 hours straight). Yeah sure, DISH could just send up another bird and provide for more bandwidth but I'm sick of waiting. I have cable in my area, yeah, 17 channels, 25 dollars. That sucks.
I thought it was an Urban myth just like the "Who would need more than 640K of RAM" statement.
well what was that bit about Ekeziel then?
uh huh.
I'd hope so but have you ever seen the eco-rights people climb a tree to keep it from being cut down? Why would they not try the same tactics with a sea wall? ( knocking it down in this case)
And they say that Islam is a non-peaceful religion. Obviously these people have never read the Bible.
Why is he simply taking pictures? To make otehr people take up action. What action? Trespassing most likely and vandalism, probably.