" Wouldn't Battlestar Galactica be another example of a good remake?"
They've changed the Cylons so radically from the original, especially from the novelization of the original, and thrown in so much political stuff that wasn't in the original, that it really can't be counted as a remake. It's two different stories.
"The entire reason the FCC gets to dominate the electromagnetic spectrum is couched in the belief that it is for the public good that broadcast TV exists. Broadcast TV is strongly integrated with the national warning system, for example, and provides other allegedly important public services."
Actually the FCC gets to dominate the electromagnetic spectrum (in the U.S.) because they have been assigned the stewardship of that spectrum on behalf of the owners of that spectrum, the public.
"No more broadcast, no more FCC domination of all those wavelengths."
Nope. You'll still need a license from the FCC to use those frequencies (or any others) no matter for what you use them.
"...and that the media companies are pretty keen on keeping their monopoly of the broadcast spectrum."
"I'm thinking of all those little 3-4" sets out there that will be consigned to the junk heap."
If we're talking battery powered sets those are great to have around during hurricanes and such, at least until Congress starts telling us that only Godless Communists broadcast analog signals or try to serve their local market.
Are CHAR ACTORS different from other actors? Are there INTERGERACTORS?
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That makes you about 10 years younger than me (I have trouble remembering exactly how old I am, it keeps changing every year), so you must have seen it in syndicated re-runs. I have a vague memory of seeing the show in the mid to late '50s, so I may have seen it in syndication as well.
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Boston Blackie? Gawd, you're even more ancient and decrepit than am I.:-)
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I'm not saying that any of what you said is incorrect, but that doesn't mean that that kind of thinking (on the part of the networks) isn't stupid.
Most pilots are not aired. The networks watch them and decide whether they want to pick up the series or not and the public never sees the show until it's already been added to a network's schedule. The pilot's usually the first episode aired, or at least one of the first few.
Even in the case where the pilot is shown as say a two hour made for TV movie, word of mouth from people who have already seen a "leaked" copy will probably get it a better on-air audience than just network promos alone. Those who have already seen it and are enthusiastic about it will probably watch it again, perhaps sitting their friends down to join them, saying "You gotta watch this, you're gonna love it."
" I'm sure you're right, but the irony is that last time Indymedia's UK servers were siezed, it was by the FBI."
If you dig through The Register a little more you'll see that maybe it was the FBI or maybe it was the Italians claiming to be the FBI or maybe it was really the English government after all but they were pretending to be the Italians pretending to be FBI or maybe it was the CIA pretending to be the English pretending to be....
Anyway, apparently it was possible to grab the machines first and let the questions about who really did it on whose behalf and whether they actually had the jurisdiction and authority get ignored later.
"In any case, they're being prosecuted for what is, and always has been (i.e. pre-Bush) a fairly serious crime. Willfully withholding information about a crime from the police makes you an accomplice to the crime."
They aren't being prosecuted for a crime, they are facing being jailed for contempt of court for not revealing their sources to a grand jury which is looking into who leaked to a different "reporter", Robert Novak, who is the one who actually revealed in print that Valerie Plame was a CIA operative.
Nobody's saying what, if anything, that Novak told the grand jury, but we know that somebody leaked to him (which is supposedly the crime being investigated) because he actually first published the information (which Miller never did and Cooper only did after Novak had already let the cat out of the bag), endangering who knows how many lives.
And apparently there's a possibility that the special prosecutor running the grand jury may decide that the leak of Plame's identity to a journalist by a government employee may not rise to the level of a crime after all, leading to a situation where two reporters are in danger of being jailed for not revealing the identity of a person or persons who committed what wasn't a crime after all.
Exactly. Non-admin accounts are an unfamiliar concept to them because admin accounts are an unfamiliar concept because the whole account idea or different levels of security are unfamiliar concepts.
I'm sure that Seagate puts out the occasional clunker just like everyone else, but I suspect that a lot of any bad reputation they might have earned came from re-badged Conner drives. If your Seagate has a big old raised "C" on the top metal cover, it didn't really start life as a Seagate.
Anyone underage is legally considered not competent to make the decision. That's why it doesn't matter how consenting a minor is (or one deludes oneself into thinking that they are), intercourse with them is still statutory rape.
As for the kids on the beach, their parents are considered, by default, legally competent to make such decisions on behalf of their children. Doesn't necessarily mean they are actually right (or wrong), and there are probably all sorts of jurisdictionally dependent exceptions and confusions.
I'm pretty sure that the deal was that at harvest time the owner of the field was supposed to not bust his hump gathering every last bit of -insert crop name here- but to leave a little for the poor. Note that this leaves the decision of who gets what percentage up to the owner of the crop and none of it is fair game until after the harvest.
By possessing it you share in the invasion of privacy that occurred when the pictures were taken. This applies to any pictures of any unwilling participants of any age.
" It shouldn't be too difficult to figure out how the password was leaked..."
It was the school's street address. It wasn't leaked, it was guessed. If it had been leaked, it would have had to have come from someone in the school administration. Leaks come from the inside. (unless there's something in the terms of use that say if you happen to guess our pathetic password you aren't allowed to tell anyone)
Although it might be tempting for the attorney for the defense to claim that none of the students could have guessed the password so one of the school staff must have leaked it in an entrapment attempt.:-)
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They've changed the Cylons so radically from the original, especially from the novelization of the original, and thrown in so much political stuff that wasn't in the original, that it really can't be counted as a remake. It's two different stories.
The government may get the money from auctioning off spectrum but that doesn't mean that the FCC will ever see any of it.
Are you talking about New Bern?
Actually the FCC gets to dominate the electromagnetic spectrum (in the U.S.) because they have been assigned the stewardship of that spectrum on behalf of the owners of that spectrum, the public.
"No more broadcast, no more FCC domination of all those wavelengths."
Nope. You'll still need a license from the FCC to use those frequencies (or any others) no matter for what you use them.
"...and that the media companies are pretty keen on keeping their monopoly of the broadcast spectrum."
Okay, now that part you got 100% correct.
Doesn't count, RCA hasn't been RCA for years.
If we're talking battery powered sets those are great to have around during hurricanes and such, at least until Congress starts telling us that only Godless Communists broadcast analog signals or try to serve their local market.
Are CHAR ACTORS different from other actors? Are there INTERGERACTORS?
That makes you about 10 years younger than me (I have trouble remembering exactly how old I am, it keeps changing every year), so you must have seen it in syndicated re-runs. I have a vague memory of seeing the show in the mid to late '50s, so I may have seen it in syndication as well.
Boston Blackie? Gawd, you're even more ancient and decrepit than am I. :-)
Most pilots are not aired. The networks watch them and decide whether they want to pick up the series or not and the public never sees the show until it's already been added to a network's schedule. The pilot's usually the first episode aired, or at least one of the first few.
Even in the case where the pilot is shown as say a two hour made for TV movie, word of mouth from people who have already seen a "leaked" copy will probably get it a better on-air audience than just network promos alone. Those who have already seen it and are enthusiastic about it will probably watch it again, perhaps sitting their friends down to join them, saying "You gotta watch this, you're gonna love it."
I never have mod points when I really need them. Somebody boost parent, 'cause truer words were never spoken (O.K., in this case, written).
Don't lend anything you want back. Period. Assume that that anything you loaned you actually gave away. Do not expect to be pleasantly surprised.
With both of them getting ready to pay for lots and lots of lawyer-izing? It'll be a miracle if prices don't go up.
If you dig through The Register a little more you'll see that maybe it was the FBI or maybe it was the Italians claiming to be the FBI or maybe it was really the English government after all but they were pretending to be the Italians pretending to be FBI or maybe it was the CIA pretending to be the English pretending to be ....
Anyway, apparently it was possible to grab the machines first and let the questions about who really did it on whose behalf and whether they actually had the jurisdiction and authority get ignored later.
Apparently whenever the journalist is Robert Novak.
They aren't being prosecuted for a crime, they are facing being jailed for contempt of court for not revealing their sources to a grand jury which is looking into who leaked to a different "reporter", Robert Novak, who is the one who actually revealed in print that Valerie Plame was a CIA operative.
Nobody's saying what, if anything, that Novak told the grand jury, but we know that somebody leaked to him (which is supposedly the crime being investigated) because he actually first published the information (which Miller never did and Cooper only did after Novak had already let the cat out of the bag), endangering who knows how many lives.
And apparently there's a possibility that the special prosecutor running the grand jury may decide that the leak of Plame's identity to a journalist by a government employee may not rise to the level of a crime after all, leading to a situation where two reporters are in danger of being jailed for not revealing the identity of a person or persons who committed what wasn't a crime after all.
Meanwhile Novak goes his merry way.
Exactly. Non-admin accounts are an unfamiliar concept to them because admin accounts are an unfamiliar concept because the whole account idea or different levels of security are unfamiliar concepts.
Yeah, but the "How Not To" category has much more comic potential.
CVS is what they re-named what I'd been calling Revco for a quarter century. I'm sure they did it just to annoy me.
I'm sure that Seagate puts out the occasional clunker just like everyone else, but I suspect that a lot of any bad reputation they might have earned came from re-badged Conner drives. If your Seagate has a big old raised "C" on the top metal cover, it didn't really start life as a Seagate.
As for the kids on the beach, their parents are considered, by default, legally competent to make such decisions on behalf of their children. Doesn't necessarily mean they are actually right (or wrong), and there are probably all sorts of jurisdictionally dependent exceptions and confusions.
I'm pretty sure that the deal was that at harvest time the owner of the field was supposed to not bust his hump gathering every last bit of -insert crop name here- but to leave a little for the poor. Note that this leaves the decision of who gets what percentage up to the owner of the crop and none of it is fair game until after the harvest.
Look up the origin of the term "assassin".
By possessing it you share in the invasion of privacy that occurred when the pictures were taken. This applies to any pictures of any unwilling participants of any age.
It was the school's street address. It wasn't leaked, it was guessed. If it had been leaked, it would have had to have come from someone in the school administration. Leaks come from the inside. (unless there's something in the terms of use that say if you happen to guess our pathetic password you aren't allowed to tell anyone)
Although it might be tempting for the attorney for the defense to claim that none of the students could have guessed the password so one of the school staff must have leaked it in an entrapment attempt. :-)