"When will the content producers realize that "Pirates" are not lost sales. "
You are wrong. They are lost sales -- just not a 1:1 ratio. I have no doubt that many folks who would download the latest Avengers flick for free would actually purchase it if that were the only avenue to have it. Not all. Probably not most. But I doubt it's an insignificant number.
That's just for the content. For TV specifically, the lost "sales" are not JUST "sales" of the show(s) -- the lost sales are also to ADVERTISERS -- who either will not buy time from a network or will only pay a reduced rate.
"No it doesn't. 5GHz has trouble going through simple walls, it's almost line of sight only."
I won't say it's THAT bad, but I agree with your sentiment.
I have a router that does both. It basically has 4 ssids (two each frequency, 1 home, 1 guest). I have 5ghz for home media stuff and it is fantastic. However, it doesn't do well when it has to penetrate more than a single wall. For the further away rooms, we jump on the 2.4. Streaming high-end video off my local server is sketchy across 2.4+distance -- but it's pretty stable otherwise at distances (and walls) which kill 5ghz -- just not as fast.
I do retain quite a bit of it. It's the way my brain works. I'm not actually "speed reading". I just read and process what I'm reading that fast.
Some of it has to do with some weird connection between my eyes and brain. I can look at a page -- literally a split second and I KNOW basically whats on the page. I couldn't quote anything but I could give a fairly accurate summary. Simply put, many, if not all of the prepositional phrases just pop in my head -- some other parts of speech, too. You'd be amazed how much a picture that information can paint that fast. This is *NOT* reading. I know what reading is and I'm not doing that. But this is in part why I can read so fast.
"And I hate movies shorter than 90 minutes. To each their own."
Depends on the movie. While still dating my now wife, she talked me in to seeing The English Patient. About 90 mins in I look at my watch and sigh with relief -- 'it's almost over'. Oh, how wrong I was.
" Instead I just fast-forward through the predictable boring scenes -- skip 5 minutes of scenic driving here, 2 minutes of overhead establishing shot there, 10 minutes of chopsocky fight scene, upwards of 15 minutes of characters agonizing over some trivial emotional trainwreck that doesn't advance the plot... I can easily see a movie or TV episode in half the production time just by skipping past the filler scenes that I don't care about."
Isn't that akin to looking at a piece of art, say the Mona Lisa, but at postage stamp size?
Don't get me wrong -- you are entitled to watch a movie any way you want. I'll continue watching TV/Movies as they were intended rather than some self-imposed cliff's notes version.
BTW, I feel the same way about books. I have what I call a few "useless superpowers". One of which is an ability to read incredibly fast. I have found that if I slow down my reading to that of the spoken word I ENJOY the material much much more. Passages which would MAYBE get me to smile reading at full speed will get a loud belly laugh. The downside is I finish a book in 20 hours vs. 30 mins -- I can live with that. It's about ENJOYING the material -- not how fast I can get through it.
"The reason they're ditching the headphone jack is because the thickness of the jack assembly is getting in the way of their desire to make the phone thinner. I think they're ultimately shooting for having future phones as thin as credit cards."
I hope you get modded up -- too bad you are AC.. You are right.
I dont think I would want a phone without a jack -- at least not right now -- but maybe 2 or 3 generations from now a "phone" will be a little card with no real display or speakers -- which will display on some third party hardware or heads up display -- sound, too.
"Have you seen our military budget? An armed rebellion would last about 15 minutes."
It doesn't take a large well armed military to tear down a government -- if it did, why would supplying a handful of rebels in (Libya/Syria/Iraq/%anysouthamericancountry%) be so effective and toppling governments?
Dont underestimate how the effect of a small number of dissatisfied citizens.
SB dropped a healthy chunk of their yearly budget in a single day. Never mind the monstrous hit our economy took on 911.
"But in the end, what matters is what they are doing, not their justifications for it."
Really? I believe you need to rethink the importance of motive. Particularly when there is an effort from external sources attempting to directly influence these things. That's a pretty important flippin' motive to consider.
"Or are we going to say this [cbsnews.com] was an act of Christian terrorism that was fortunately thwarted?"
Update:
I'm going to say that the guy your citation references was bi-sexual, had nothing against homosexuals, and there doesn't appear to be any intent to do harm at the pride event. Why did you need to see him as a crazy Christian?
"You mean like the Christian terrorist who was thwarted [cbsnews.com] in LA today from carrying out his attack on gays? " "Of course there are the Christian terrorists shooting up abortion clinics [thinkprogress.org]."
Where in your citation do you see "christian"? Not saying he's not, I'm just not seeing it in the article you mention.
Also, I've read his family is fully cooperating with the authorities. How often do you hear THAT from Islamic terrorists' families?
Lastly, why don't you do a quick "body count" of dead from attacks on abortion clinics and compare that to today -- or San Bernardino -- or Paris, for example.
"The terrorist was an American citizen. Therefore, domestic terrorism. "...
"Or are we going to say this [cbsnews.com] was an act of Christian terrorism that was fortunately thwarted?"
Lets see... Omar was verifiably inspired and encouraged by extra-national terrorists to commit his acts at the very least. There's suggestions of more than that as well. To call it "domestic terrorism" is arguable at best if not an outright deceptive.
The second is still dribbling out news. But lets go with the assumption it was also entirely religiously motivated. So what? When was the last time you had Christians tossing homosexuals off rooftops? The numbers suggest this is far more an aberration than the latter.
"And whacko loony Fundamentalist Christians are just "Christians" until they make fertilizer bombs, execute doctors and shoot up clinics and patients, target blacks, target Muslims..."
Cute. The numbers just dont validate your little quip, though... Also, your "fertilizer bomb" likely references McVeigh -- who did not kill in the name of Christianity but political motivations. In fact, he's quoted as saying that "science" was his religion. How do you square that circle you are trying to draw?
And everyone who modded you anything but "troll", shame on you.
"Question: Instead of harvesting the stem cells from the bone marrow of donors, why didn't they harvest the stem cells from the bone marrow of the patients themselves? That would eliminate any immune reaction. Stroke victims generally still have healthy marrow."
I don't think it's an issue. The study noted that the stem cells die off pretty quick. They just appear to make the brain cells go "Hey guys! Lets hold hands!" and the patients brain just starts making new connections.
And "OH" -- the most interesting part (I didn't read the article cited in TFA, but I've read a few on this subject and know one of the folks in the trial) is that the stem cells die off pretty quick. They just seem to "spark" brain cells to go "Hey guys! Lets hold hands" and magically make new connections.
Well, part of that is likely because it would be a public relations nightmare trying to do trials with fetal stem cells. Adult stem cells appear the much more socially acceptable (across the general population) type of stem cell.
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"When will the content producers realize that "Pirates" are not lost sales. "
You are wrong. They are lost sales -- just not a 1:1 ratio. I have no doubt that many folks who would download the latest Avengers flick for free would actually purchase it if that were the only avenue to have it. Not all. Probably not most. But I doubt it's an insignificant number.
That's just for the content. For TV specifically, the lost "sales" are not JUST "sales" of the show(s) -- the lost sales are also to ADVERTISERS -- who either will not buy time from a network or will only pay a reduced rate.
"Heck, is there anything worth downloading illegally anyway?"
Old movies.
It's part of an ans amble. There's a matching vest with wires and color coordinated blocks of clay and smoking shoes.
"Sling TV only offers ABC and CBS live streaming in only ~8 cities."
And NBC. And Fox 11 (in Los Angeles).
Seriously? Thats like saying 10 years ago days had the right to marry -- just the opposite sex.
"Conservatives by definition are authoritarian"
And modern liberals aren't authoritarian? To the point of legislating soft drink cup size? Or the shape of cucumbers in EU?
"Liberals by definition want to encourage INDIVIDUAL liberties"
That would be the definition of LIBERTARIANS and maybe CLASSIC liberals.
The next generation of hackers will be able to access your bank account with just the serial number of your $20 bill!
(ducks and runs)
"No it doesn't. 5GHz has trouble going through simple walls, it's almost line of sight only."
I won't say it's THAT bad, but I agree with your sentiment.
I have a router that does both. It basically has 4 ssids (two each frequency, 1 home, 1 guest). I have 5ghz for home media stuff and it is fantastic. However, it doesn't do well when it has to penetrate more than a single wall. For the further away rooms, we jump on the 2.4. Streaming high-end video off my local server is sketchy across 2.4+distance -- but it's pretty stable otherwise at distances (and walls) which kill 5ghz -- just not as fast.
I haven't been able to use anything other that web hangouts with a windows phone -- and that with difficulty.
I do retain quite a bit of it. It's the way my brain works. I'm not actually "speed reading". I just read and process what I'm reading that fast.
Some of it has to do with some weird connection between my eyes and brain. I can look at a page -- literally a split second and I KNOW basically whats on the page. I couldn't quote anything but I could give a fairly accurate summary. Simply put, many, if not all of the prepositional phrases just pop in my head -- some other parts of speech, too. You'd be amazed how much a picture that information can paint that fast. This is *NOT* reading. I know what reading is and I'm not doing that. But this is in part why I can read so fast.
"And I hate movies shorter than 90 minutes. To each their own."
Depends on the movie. While still dating my now wife, she talked me in to seeing The English Patient. About 90 mins in I look at my watch and sigh with relief -- 'it's almost over'. Oh, how wrong I was.
" Instead I just fast-forward through the predictable boring scenes -- skip 5 minutes of scenic driving here, 2 minutes of overhead establishing shot there, 10 minutes of chopsocky fight scene, upwards of 15 minutes of characters agonizing over some trivial emotional trainwreck that doesn't advance the plot... I can easily see a movie or TV episode in half the production time just by skipping past the filler scenes that I don't care about."
Isn't that akin to looking at a piece of art, say the Mona Lisa, but at postage stamp size?
Don't get me wrong -- you are entitled to watch a movie any way you want. I'll continue watching TV/Movies as they were intended rather than some self-imposed cliff's notes version.
BTW, I feel the same way about books. I have what I call a few "useless superpowers". One of which is an ability to read incredibly fast. I have found that if I slow down my reading to that of the spoken word I ENJOY the material much much more. Passages which would MAYBE get me to smile reading at full speed will get a loud belly laugh. The downside is I finish a book in 20 hours vs. 30 mins -- I can live with that. It's about ENJOYING the material -- not how fast I can get through it.
"The reason they're ditching the headphone jack is because the thickness of the jack assembly is getting in the way of their desire to make the phone thinner. I think they're ultimately shooting for having future phones as thin as credit cards."
I hope you get modded up -- too bad you are AC.. You are right.
I dont think I would want a phone without a jack -- at least not right now -- but maybe 2 or 3 generations from now a "phone" will be a little card with no real display or speakers -- which will display on some third party hardware or heads up display -- sound, too.
"Have you seen our military budget? An armed rebellion would last about 15 minutes."
It doesn't take a large well armed military to tear down a government -- if it did, why would supplying a handful of rebels in (Libya/Syria/Iraq/%anysouthamericancountry%) be so effective and toppling governments?
Dont underestimate how the effect of a small number of dissatisfied citizens.
"The numbers don't validate yours, either. "
The "numbers" are more than just bodies. Look at the cost terrorism has cost in terms of dollars. How much damage can the US absorb?
"http://www.pe.com/articles/bernardino-789449-san-city.html"
SB dropped a healthy chunk of their yearly budget in a single day. Never mind the monstrous hit our economy took on 911.
"But in the end, what matters is what they are doing, not their justifications for it."
Really? I believe you need to rethink the importance of motive. Particularly when there is an effort from external sources attempting to directly influence these things. That's a pretty important flippin' motive to consider.
Really?
His father is the poster child for why Trump wants to put a moratorium on Muslim immigrants. This is just going to feed in to that.
Talking with the FBI is by no means COOPERATING with the FBI.
"Right, and a catholic who blows up a clinic was taking orders from the Pope?"
Please provide a citation where the Pope indicated that Catholics needed to kill people who perform or support abortion. I appear to have missed that.
Would you like me to provide countless examples of imams citing the need to kill homosexuals?
Also, it appears that this Los Angeles guy wasn't a crazy christian -- it was a crazy homosexual -- or at least bi-sexual.
http://www.latimes.com/local/l...
Care to change your tune?
"Or are we going to say this [cbsnews.com] was an act of Christian terrorism that was fortunately thwarted?"
Update:
I'm going to say that the guy your citation references was bi-sexual, had nothing against homosexuals, and there doesn't appear to be any intent to do harm at the pride event. Why did you need to see him as a crazy Christian?
http://www.latimes.com/local/l...
"You mean like the Christian terrorist who was thwarted [cbsnews.com] in LA today from carrying out his attack on gays? "
"Of course there are the Christian terrorists shooting up abortion clinics [thinkprogress.org]."
Where in your citation do you see "christian"? Not saying he's not, I'm just not seeing it in the article you mention.
Also, I've read his family is fully cooperating with the authorities. How often do you hear THAT from Islamic terrorists' families?
Lastly, why don't you do a quick "body count" of dead from attacks on abortion clinics and compare that to today -- or San Bernardino -- or Paris, for example.
"The terrorist was an American citizen. Therefore, domestic terrorism. " ...
"Or are we going to say this [cbsnews.com] was an act of Christian terrorism that was fortunately thwarted?"
Lets see... Omar was verifiably inspired and encouraged by extra-national terrorists to commit his acts at the very least. There's suggestions of more than that as well. To call it "domestic terrorism" is arguable at best if not an outright deceptive.
The second is still dribbling out news. But lets go with the assumption it was also entirely religiously motivated. So what? When was the last time you had Christians tossing homosexuals off rooftops? The numbers suggest this is far more an aberration than the latter.
"And whacko loony Fundamentalist Christians are just "Christians" until they make fertilizer bombs, execute doctors and shoot up clinics and patients, target blacks, target Muslims..."
Cute. The numbers just dont validate your little quip, though... Also, your "fertilizer bomb" likely references McVeigh -- who did not kill in the name of Christianity but political motivations. In fact, he's quoted as saying that "science" was his religion. How do you square that circle you are trying to draw?
And everyone who modded you anything but "troll", shame on you.
"Question: Instead of harvesting the stem cells from the bone marrow of donors, why didn't they harvest the stem cells from the bone marrow of the patients themselves? That would eliminate any immune reaction. Stroke victims generally still have healthy marrow."
I don't think it's an issue. The study noted that the stem cells die off pretty quick. They just appear to make the brain cells go "Hey guys! Lets hold hands!" and the patients brain just starts making new connections.
And "OH" -- the most interesting part (I didn't read the article cited in TFA, but I've read a few on this subject and know one of the folks in the trial) is that the stem cells die off pretty quick. They just seem to "spark" brain cells to go "Hey guys! Lets hold hands" and magically make new connections.
Well, part of that is likely because it would be a public relations nightmare trying to do trials with fetal stem cells. Adult stem cells appear the much more socially acceptable (across the general population) type of stem cell.
These were ADULT stem-cells. There is no need to say "See? Fetus stem cells work" *OR* "OMG! They're killing babies!".