Government Motors has friends in high places, especially these days. There are no real rules that apply to a corporation that large and that deeply in bed with the ruling party, there are only suggestions, favors to be exchanged, horses to be traded.
Look at General Motors getting bailed out, while Ford didn't, and then they get the White House to pressure Ford not to point this fact out in advertising.
Look at the exceptionally well-connected General Electric, not only not paying any taxes but getting paid billions by the government to just exist.
Look at the sweetheart loan guarantees for the investments of contributors and political allies.
This SHOULD all work against the/. narrative that one party is phenomenally more beholden to corporate interests than the other party is. But the truth is that the (D)'s are hiking up their skirts for campaign contributions from well-connected corporations and their investors on a daily basis, it's just a different group of corporations.
You should emote at Coca-Cola and Pepsico, as well as the fast food chains. Then after doing that for a couple of hundred years, worry about processed snack foods.
Frequently, companies refuse to honor warranties after bankruptcy.
GM is now doing this regarding an issue with the Chevrolet Impala. They are refusing to warranty work that is covered under the warranty on the grounds that pre-bankruptcy GM and the current GM are two different companies.
I think part of this is legal - B&N doesn't want to find itself ensnared by legal complications resulting from deficiencies in Borders' data collection or handling practices.
Even if B&N never in a million years intends to misuse the information, it's still worthwhile for them to attempt to indemnify against the possibility.
An example of this same kind of thing is that in states which allow one to carry a concealed weapon, there are many people who hold permits even though they never actually carry them, because the web of law around possession and transport of firearms is complex, and if you inadvertently violated some provision of the law you could find yourself in legal trouble. But having a permit to carry and possess at all times could save you in the case of you forgetting to lock a container or something like that.
Maybe that metaphor is a reach, but suits related to this can be very costly. It's worth B&N having their legal eagles see if they can conjure up a "get out of jail free" card, just in case.
Thanks... I kept the internet, but cancelled my TV service. I still get the local channels in HD over the air. My cable bill went from about $120 to about $55.
It's sad that there is only one, perhaps two cable channels I actually miss. I'd pay $10 a month each for those channels, but I'm not paying $60 or $70 for those two plus a bunch of other crap I would never miss.
I have a cellphone, so I have no need for a Comcast phone.
$139 is not much more than what I was paying for very basic consumer service. It's far too high for someone who had only low-end cable.
I had the "digital starter" package with HD/DVR and broadband.
You can't really get any cheaper than that without going down to standard definition TV, only ~20 basic channels, or a crippled "economy" internet service.
Not at the rate Comcast's prices have been skyrocketing.
I recently moved from an area serviced by Time Warner to an area serviced by Comcast. The set of services I bought from each (lowest cable package with HD/DVR and consumer grade of cable internet) came in right around $100 with Time Warner, and when I cancelled my service from Comcast last year they had jacked the rates up to almost $150 (both figures are after taxes and fees).
I know there is a geographic component to this, but Comcast sets the pricing bar so high for what most people want - a basic compliment of cable channels, HD, and a basic broadband connection - that pretty much everyone is going to be low income after they meet their revenue goals. What they wanted for this pretty modest package of services was a modest car payment, not a cable bill.
And of course, their Program Guide is rife with advertising.
But then, will hobbyists be relegated to using old bulky desktops and laptops, when the rest of the world is able to utilize tablets and other more modern technology?
How good are you at hating companies you hate, loving the ones you love, and seeing vast canyons of difference between the two where only blurred lines exist?
Bonus points if you think Android is a panacea of "free" and "open":)
Long term, streaming is not going to be a good deal for consumers. Most consumers are going to end up paying extra for an uncapped home data plan, paying the same for a home data plan that is both capped and throttled, or paying more overall for TV, Cable, Cable Internet, and Netflix streaming.
The value proposition would be long-term negative for the average consumer, even if the content libraries were the same.
Using two different websites and service names is a horrible idea.
Plus, you lose the ability for people to see that something they actually want to watch is available for streaming, and they then decide that maybe the streaming catalog is getting better or is actually worth the money, so they sign up.
This decision is even more incomprehensible than a huge price increase. A price increase because bandwidth and content costs rise, people ultimately understand. This fragmentation and confusion is horrendous.
We don't know when the password and the file were put together by any potential black hats. We know the password was published some time ago, it just became news recently. It isn't like now that the release was official, only at that moment did it fall into the wrong hands.
In any case, this is a tremendous loss. There's no way to guess how many valuable intelligence sources were compromised, and Wikileaks continues to be primarily focused around embarrassing and damaging the Unites States' national security, and not that of other nations or malevolent entities, as their facade is supposed to show.
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Government Motors has friends in high places, especially these days. There are no real rules that apply to a corporation that large and that deeply in bed with the ruling party, there are only suggestions, favors to be exchanged, horses to be traded.
Look at General Motors getting bailed out, while Ford didn't, and then they get the White House to pressure Ford not to point this fact out in advertising.
Look at the exceptionally well-connected General Electric, not only not paying any taxes but getting paid billions by the government to just exist.
Look at the sweetheart loan guarantees for the investments of contributors and political allies.
This SHOULD all work against the /. narrative that one party is phenomenally more beholden to corporate interests than the other party is. But the truth is that the (D)'s are hiking up their skirts for campaign contributions from well-connected corporations and their investors on a daily basis, it's just a different group of corporations.
Postgre Ogres are the least entertaining of all trolls...
You should emote at Coca-Cola and Pepsico, as well as the fast food chains. Then after doing that for a couple of hundred years, worry about processed snack foods.
I am an ant you insensitive clod!
Time to Frito-lay him to rest.
Ah, the battlecry of those who don't realize that giving someone a fish rather than teaching them to fish is not helping them.
No, this is slashdot. Democrats are as pure as the driven snow, Republicans are responsible for all the world's problems.
Kiteo, his eyes closed
Frequently, companies refuse to honor warranties after bankruptcy.
GM is now doing this regarding an issue with the Chevrolet Impala. They are refusing to warranty work that is covered under the warranty on the grounds that pre-bankruptcy GM and the current GM are two different companies.
This is common.
I think part of this is legal - B&N doesn't want to find itself ensnared by legal complications resulting from deficiencies in Borders' data collection or handling practices.
Even if B&N never in a million years intends to misuse the information, it's still worthwhile for them to attempt to indemnify against the possibility.
An example of this same kind of thing is that in states which allow one to carry a concealed weapon, there are many people who hold permits even though they never actually carry them, because the web of law around possession and transport of firearms is complex, and if you inadvertently violated some provision of the law you could find yourself in legal trouble. But having a permit to carry and possess at all times could save you in the case of you forgetting to lock a container or something like that.
Maybe that metaphor is a reach, but suits related to this can be very costly. It's worth B&N having their legal eagles see if they can conjure up a "get out of jail free" card, just in case.
Thanks... I kept the internet, but cancelled my TV service. I still get the local channels in HD over the air. My cable bill went from about $120 to about $55.
It's sad that there is only one, perhaps two cable channels I actually miss. I'd pay $10 a month each for those channels, but I'm not paying $60 or $70 for those two plus a bunch of other crap I would never miss.
I have a cellphone, so I have no need for a Comcast phone.
$139 is not much more than what I was paying for very basic consumer service. It's far too high for someone who had only low-end cable.
I had the "digital starter" package with HD/DVR and broadband.
You can't really get any cheaper than that without going down to standard definition TV, only ~20 basic channels, or a crippled "economy" internet service.
We don't send half of our income to the government in advance (yet)
Not at the rate Comcast's prices have been skyrocketing.
I recently moved from an area serviced by Time Warner to an area serviced by Comcast. The set of services I bought from each (lowest cable package with HD/DVR and consumer grade of cable internet) came in right around $100 with Time Warner, and when I cancelled my service from Comcast last year they had jacked the rates up to almost $150 (both figures are after taxes and fees).
I know there is a geographic component to this, but Comcast sets the pricing bar so high for what most people want - a basic compliment of cable channels, HD, and a basic broadband connection - that pretty much everyone is going to be low income after they meet their revenue goals. What they wanted for this pretty modest package of services was a modest car payment, not a cable bill.
And of course, their Program Guide is rife with advertising.
If you think it's expensive now, wait till it's free...
But then, will hobbyists be relegated to using old bulky desktops and laptops, when the rest of the world is able to utilize tablets and other more modern technology?
If trusted boot is used to deny people's right to hardware they lawfully purchased I expect to see attacks of both technical and legal natures
...and I expect to see a license agreement that gives up the user's rights to do any of these upon opening the package
How good are you at hating companies you hate, loving the ones you love, and seeing vast canyons of difference between the two where only blurred lines exist?
Bonus points if you think Android is a panacea of "free" and "open" :)
In China, Christmas lights watch YOU!
Definitely true. They should have raised rates by $1 a year across the board every year for 3 years or 5 years or whatever.
This company seems to be run by people who had a good idea once, and haven't had one since.
Long term, streaming is not going to be a good deal for consumers. Most consumers are going to end up paying extra for an uncapped home data plan, paying the same for a home data plan that is both capped and throttled, or paying more overall for TV, Cable, Cable Internet, and Netflix streaming.
The value proposition would be long-term negative for the average consumer, even if the content libraries were the same.
Maybe they are planning some Friendster integration?
Using two different websites and service names is a horrible idea.
Plus, you lose the ability for people to see that something they actually want to watch is available for streaming, and they then decide that maybe the streaming catalog is getting better or is actually worth the money, so they sign up.
This decision is even more incomprehensible than a huge price increase. A price increase because bandwidth and content costs rise, people ultimately understand. This fragmentation and confusion is horrendous.
Time travel was invented on November 5, 1955, edjits
We don't know when the password and the file were put together by any potential black hats. We know the password was published some time ago, it just became news recently. It isn't like now that the release was official, only at that moment did it fall into the wrong hands.
In any case, this is a tremendous loss. There's no way to guess how many valuable intelligence sources were compromised, and Wikileaks continues to be primarily focused around embarrassing and damaging the Unites States' national security, and not that of other nations or malevolent entities, as their facade is supposed to show.