There are millions, millions of people who literally only have cable for ESPN. I used to be one of them. Eventually I just accepted that ESPN isn't worth $60 (and more, since Comcast rates are ever-increasing).
But I agree, it will be a long time before consumers make their own choice, instead of being told "you can't live without ESPN"
They will leave prices low until they can starve out the cable providers, like they did with the video rental business. THEN they can start ratcheting things up.
If you have comcast, the local-only is about $10 a month, but if you dropped that and had internet only without the cable TV, they charge an extra $10 for that. the local channels are essentially free when you factor that in.
The problem with cable TV is fragmentation. You don't see those good military documentaries on History anymore because there's a whole channel for that. They offload the most popular content into a spun-off channel, and you end up with "banned from the Bible" and "ancient aliens" on the "history" channel 24/7
I know you're joking, but this is probably the simple answer.
Apple, Facebook, Google, etc., all see the massive market that is the sale of data mined from consumer behavior. The next step after being caught collecting this data will probably be to claim that it's non-specific, it can't be used to identify you *personally*, and that you've agreed to all of this when you agreed to the TOS/EULA/whatever.
I'm out of the smartphone biz as soon as my replacement phone arrives by UPS, personally... they're too expensive per month for someone who's usually near a PC to be used simply as ad-serving platforms
It makes you think about how much of the unrest in the world today can be traced back to Jimmy Carter's horrid leadership during that crisis. If he had backed the Shah, how would the mideast be different today? Perhaps no Mujahideen , no al queda, no taliban...
With the few routers I've bought in the last 5 years or so, and the few I've helped set up for non-savvy friends and family - you have to try pretty hard to set one up insecurely - it's no longer the default.
TFA says this guy "got fed up trying to set a password". So basically, he knew it was insecure, he made a conscious decision to leave it insecure, and as a result unauthorized people accessed it.
I'm having a hard time feeling sorry for someone who knew for a fact it was insecure and didn't seek help or look for another solution.
Righthaven's business model (extortion/copyright trolling) relies on the ongoing threat of forfeiture of IP, domains, or other assets.
Having an open lawsuit is essential to their business so they can point to it and say to their mark, "See, we're litigating this right now. You could be next." If one gets dismissed, they have to just file another one in a different way.
Canada's British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has ordered amateur comedian Guy Earle and restaurant owner Salam Ishmail to pay $22,500 in damages to a woman who claims she suffered lewd lesbian insults during an open mic night.
The woman, Lorna Pardy, 32, told the court she was mistreated by Mr Earle, who served as emcee at Zesty’s Restaurant on Commercial Drive in Vancouver on May 22, 2007.
The court ordered Mr Earle to pay Ms Pardy CA$15,000 (US$15,745) for lost wages and for injury to dignity, feelings and self respect.
Funny, doesn't seem like there is freedom of speech in Canada anymore. I wouldn't call it a place of choice, when you even have to choose your words carefully.
Yes, most americans are fat and stupid, and expect to be spoon-fed. This is why liberals have mostly been in charge since the 1960s.
I am not one of those people, so the criticisms don't really bother me, and neither do I want to leave. Compared to the rest of the world, this is still a much freer place to live than anywhere else it would be easy to acclimate to.
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Then you are of all men most miserable :)
There are millions, millions of people who literally only have cable for ESPN. I used to be one of them. Eventually I just accepted that ESPN isn't worth $60 (and more, since Comcast rates are ever-increasing).
But I agree, it will be a long time before consumers make their own choice, instead of being told "you can't live without ESPN"
They will leave prices low until they can starve out the cable providers, like they did with the video rental business. THEN they can start ratcheting things up.
If you have comcast, the local-only is about $10 a month, but if you dropped that and had internet only without the cable TV, they charge an extra $10 for that. the local channels are essentially free when you factor that in.
The problem with cable TV is fragmentation. You don't see those good military documentaries on History anymore because there's a whole channel for that. They offload the most popular content into a spun-off channel, and you end up with "banned from the Bible" and "ancient aliens" on the "history" channel 24/7
Wrong... content providers will start capping bandwidth and actually enforcing those caps.
Do what I did, decide you can live without the 2 or 3 cable channels you actually do watch in a month, and save yourself $60 or so
True; Apple does not make money off those things.
Yet.
Thanks! That sounds like a great deal. I'll look into it.
That statement was actually written more than a year ago.
I know you're joking, but this is probably the simple answer.
Apple, Facebook, Google, etc., all see the massive market that is the sale of data mined from consumer behavior. The next step after being caught collecting this data will probably be to claim that it's non-specific, it can't be used to identify you *personally*, and that you've agreed to all of this when you agreed to the TOS/EULA/whatever.
I'm out of the smartphone biz as soon as my replacement phone arrives by UPS, personally... they're too expensive per month for someone who's usually near a PC to be used simply as ad-serving platforms
What do you mean? Gitmo is closed down. He promised he would during the campaign.
It makes you think about how much of the unrest in the world today can be traced back to Jimmy Carter's horrid leadership during that crisis. If he had backed the Shah, how would the mideast be different today? Perhaps no Mujahideen , no al queda, no taliban...
I'm not familiar with this word, "injust".
It's not difficult to follow written instructions.
Everyone is responsible to secure their own internet connection. If he can't handle that, then he should be using Cat5e
With the few routers I've bought in the last 5 years or so, and the few I've helped set up for non-savvy friends and family - you have to try pretty hard to set one up insecurely - it's no longer the default.
TFA says this guy "got fed up trying to set a password". So basically, he knew it was insecure, he made a conscious decision to leave it insecure, and as a result unauthorized people accessed it.
I'm having a hard time feeling sorry for someone who knew for a fact it was insecure and didn't seek help or look for another solution.
I agree, but we will never get meaningful tort reform while the trial lawyers control one of the two political parties.
No, of course not. It's entirely possible for someone to cry wolf 500 times, and then later suffer a legitimate injustice.
Righthaven's business model (extortion/copyright trolling) relies on the ongoing threat of forfeiture of IP, domains, or other assets.
Having an open lawsuit is essential to their business so they can point to it and say to their mark, "See, we're litigating this right now. You could be next." If one gets dismissed, they have to just file another one in a different way.
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Canada's British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has ordered amateur comedian Guy Earle and restaurant owner Salam Ishmail to pay $22,500 in damages to a woman who claims she suffered lewd lesbian insults during an open mic night.
The woman, Lorna Pardy, 32, told the court she was mistreated by Mr Earle, who served as emcee at Zesty’s Restaurant on Commercial Drive in Vancouver on May 22, 2007.
The court ordered Mr Earle to pay Ms Pardy CA$15,000 (US$15,745) for lost wages and for injury to dignity, feelings and self respect.
Funny, doesn't seem like there is freedom of speech in Canada anymore. I wouldn't call it a place of choice, when you even have to choose your words carefully.
His argument is that if someone else does it, it's NOT bad.
Further, I'm sure he would posit that Apple is trustworthy, as is Google, so it's no big deal to wear a tracking device for them.
Governments aren't customers. Customers have to pay.
Mac fanbois, Obama fanbois...
Yes, most americans are fat and stupid, and expect to be spoon-fed. This is why liberals have mostly been in charge since the 1960s.
I am not one of those people, so the criticisms don't really bother me, and neither do I want to leave. Compared to the rest of the world, this is still a much freer place to live than anywhere else it would be easy to acclimate to.