I can actually imagine the government being incompetent enough to try auctioning off dollar bills from a drug raid. It makes me laugh, but not quite as much as the thought of idiots bidding ten dollars for that dollar bill.
Maybe they think that dollar bill had soaked up $10 worth of cocaine or whatever from being stashed with the drugs.
I heard several years ago that there are basically no one hundred dollar bills in circulation for any length of time that do not have traces of cocaine.
I do not work for Comcast or any other internet provider. Whether something is positive or negative is a point if view and I view government getting into businesses as generally a bad idea. I also see governments nationalizing existing businesses as a very bad idea.
But apparently you're just fine with the consumer getting charged as much as possible while receiving as little as possible.
Kinda depends on whether we're talking like 5 years old or 5 months, doesn't it?
If a kid isn't even old enough to attempt to verbalize "ears hurt", they sure aren't ready to comprehend and deal with being in pain from air pressure changes.
Or if something is causing them stomach or intestinal pain, if they're young enough they know no other way to deal with it but scream.
And now I'm going to disagree with your characterization of this story as "...one of an ongoing number of agenda driven submissions...".
It's just a story about "who knew they used kitty litter when storing nuclear waste, much less that it has to be a specific type of kitty litter?".
Unless you're convinced that any time someone says "nuclear waste" without saying "nuclear waste, but the Cold War weapons kind, not the cute, cuddly, super-friendly power plant kind" that it's some kind of conspiracy rather than use of a generic term.
Apparently the large cargo Antanov has control systems made up of racks of gear with valves. A retired electrical transmission engineer I know (who did plenty of design work with valves in his career) was shown around inside one, and he suspected it was to deal with an EMP pulse. There's probably American stuff that is EMP hardened as well but there are solid state ways of doing it that were used by NASA before they sent the first probe near Jupiter.
When you say valves, do you mean what in the US are referred to as vacuum tubes, or are you referring to a mechanical device such as might be used in pneumatic or hydraulic control systems?
For example, In the case of/., it seems that "Hugh Pickens DOT Com" is now just copying stories verbatim of the rivalling sites that have sprung up after the beta fiasco...
Actually, it's the same guy submitting those same stories to those other sites under a different user name.
I believe margins per customer were in question, not net margins. The motivation behind the comment is probably "who does Google try to gouge, consumers, -business-, or industry? And who do ISPs gouge, -consumers-, business, or industry?"
No, they had billions of government dollars to do it a decade ago, and didn't. Just took the money and pocketed it.
I see this point repeated everywhere on various blogs, forums, and especially slashdot. And yet I have never seen any source for this information, reputable or not. I couldn't come up with a google search termto generate anything relevent.
Is there a source on this bold claim? It seems reasonable that it could be true, but I am a lot more skeptical than I used to be.
My understanding is ESPN adds $2/mo to my cable bill. I never watch ESPN. When do I get the option to say "No thanks, I'd prefer $2/mon over watching steroid injected dudes do stuff I don't care about" ?
Then you're getting ESPN much cheaper than most everybody else, 'cause we all pay around $5 per month for it, whether we want it or not.
A "normal" tv -> USB dongle may not be sufficient for the usual VHS players, since their timing may be way off. You'll need somehting that has a TBC (time base corrector), either in the player or in the device to digitize the signal.
Other than that, I'd recommend a player made by Panasonic, since they used to make more robust, metal drives thatn most other manufacturers.
The older Panasonic models, perhaps, but by the turn of the century or so, theirs were pretty much the same inside as everyone else's.
I like that idea, but seriously, change the tax system to a sales tax, ie, you pay when you buy. A flat 10% on all purchases.
Those that buy infrequently won't be impacted, those who buy and sell hundreds or thousands of times a second will pay dearly.
But of course the congresscritters will be lobbied to make sure the tax is paid on bread and milk and infant formula and prescriptions, but to put an exemption in there for the stock market "to keep American capitalism strong!"
If the idea of Comcast buying out Time Warner Cable to become the largest cable company in America wasn't enough to make you worry
That idea is very worrying — because it is about two competitors merging. However, with both of them being very-very cozy with the governing party, the merger is all but decided, unfortunately.
If it were to happen, it would give the combined company something on the order of 26 million TV subscribers
That's a lot, but less than the other combo and, more importantly, TV is not primary line of business for AT&T...
That said, with Internet-speeds continuing to rise — net-neutrality or not — it will only become easier to deliver content over it. Netflix may have made a special deal with Verizon, but smaller IPTV providers (like KartinaTV used by my relatives to watch channels from the former USSR and Israel) are doing just fine without any special arrangements.
Of course they're cozy with the governing party.
And if the other party takes control they'll be cozy with them.
You bribe whomever can do something for you in return.
And you pay something to their enemies to keep them around in case the people in power get too greedy and need replacing with someone who'll give you more bang for your bribe buck--that way the the people in power know not to get too greedy lest they kill the goose which is laying the golden eggs.
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I can actually imagine the government being incompetent enough to try auctioning off dollar bills from a drug raid. It makes me laugh, but not quite as much as the thought of idiots bidding ten dollars for that dollar bill.
Maybe they think that dollar bill had soaked up $10 worth of cocaine or whatever from being stashed with the drugs.
I heard several years ago that there are basically no one hundred dollar bills in circulation for any length of time that do not have traces of cocaine.
You should give two bit coins. This would drive the auctionators crazy.
There wouldn't be an auction. The value of the two-bit coin is permanently pegged to one fourth of a dollar.
Duke isn't giving us contaminated water, that's "Freedom Juice".
I do not work for Comcast or any other internet provider. Whether something is positive or negative is a point if view and I view government getting into businesses as generally a bad idea. I also see governments nationalizing existing businesses as a very bad idea.
But apparently you're just fine with the consumer getting charged as much as possible while receiving as little as possible.
Screaming children? That's a parent fail....
Kinda depends on whether we're talking like 5 years old or 5 months, doesn't it?
If a kid isn't even old enough to attempt to verbalize "ears hurt", they sure aren't ready to comprehend and deal with being in pain from air pressure changes.
Or if something is causing them stomach or intestinal pain, if they're young enough they know no other way to deal with it but scream.
And now I'm going to disagree with your characterization of this story as "...one of an ongoing number of agenda driven submissions...".
It's just a story about "who knew they used kitty litter when storing nuclear waste, much less that it has to be a specific type of kitty litter?".
Unless you're convinced that any time someone says "nuclear waste" without saying "nuclear waste, but the Cold War weapons kind, not the cute, cuddly, super-friendly power plant kind" that it's some kind of conspiracy rather than use of a generic term.
Apparently the large cargo Antanov has control systems made up of racks of gear with valves. A retired electrical transmission engineer I know (who did plenty of design work with valves in his career) was shown around inside one, and he suspected it was to deal with an EMP pulse. There's probably American stuff that is EMP hardened as well but there are solid state ways of doing it that were used by NASA before they sent the first probe near Jupiter.
When you say valves, do you mean what in the US are referred to as vacuum tubes, or are you referring to a mechanical device such as might be used in pneumatic or hydraulic control systems?
It's okay, Bartles. Just need a quick check for dyslexia and allow for it in the future.
He's not a moron, jet has a minor reading disability.
I applaud what you did there.
(and would have modded you +1, Funny, if I hadn't already made a previous comment in this thread)
You have used "obfuscate" where you should have used "conflate" in your attempt to imply that which you wish us to infer.
There's a reason we don't trust journalists to get science stories right. They allow hedlines which ignore issues like control groups.
Generally they have no control over headlines other than getting angry and resigning.
Editors write headlines.
They also determine how much of what the journalist wrote actually winds up getting printed under that headline, and perhaps even in which order.
Well, I'm sure you're much better in English than I would be in your native tongue.
Bear.
(Bare means uncovered, unclothed, naked, unaided...
"I wrestled the big brown bear with my bare hands"
although probably not for long unless the bear had been heavily drugged)
Better yet, "have no effect on who..."
Indeed.
For example, In the case of /., it seems that "Hugh Pickens DOT Com" is now just copying stories verbatim of the rivalling sites that have sprung up after the beta fiasco...
Actually, it's the same guy submitting those same stories to those other sites under a different user name.
I believe margins per customer were in question, not net margins. The motivation behind the comment is probably "who does Google try to gouge, consumers, -business-, or industry? And who do ISPs gouge, -consumers-, business, or industry?"
Yes.
No, they had billions of government dollars to do it a decade ago, and didn't. Just took the money and pocketed it.
I see this point repeated everywhere on various blogs, forums, and especially slashdot. And yet I have never seen any source for this information, reputable or not. I couldn't come up with a google search termto generate anything relevent.
Is there a source on this bold claim? It seems reasonable that it could be true, but I am a lot more skeptical than I used to be.
Part 3
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Part 2
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pu...
Part 1
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pu...
My understanding is ESPN adds $2/mo to my cable bill. I never watch ESPN. When do I get the option to say "No thanks, I'd prefer $2/mon over watching steroid injected dudes do stuff I don't care about" ?
Then you're getting ESPN much cheaper than most everybody else, 'cause we all pay around $5 per month for it, whether we want it or not.
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I just don't get why every fscking channel seems to migrate towards "reality" or "contest" tv.
Cheaper to produce.
I think the correct number was 13 channels of shit on the TV to choose from.
-Old Pink
If you're referring to the old analog VHF channels, then it was only 12, as there was no channel 1, just 2 through 13.
A "normal" tv -> USB dongle may not be sufficient for the usual VHS players, since their timing may be way off. You'll need somehting that has a TBC (time base corrector), either in the player or in the device to digitize the signal.
Other than that, I'd recommend a player made by Panasonic, since they used to make more robust, metal drives thatn most other manufacturers.
The older Panasonic models, perhaps, but by the turn of the century or so, theirs were pretty much the same inside as everyone else's.
Sony developed Beta, but manufactured both formats for the consumer market.
Marty said different.
I like that idea, but seriously, change the tax system to a sales tax, ie, you pay when you buy. A flat 10% on all purchases.
Those that buy infrequently won't be impacted, those who buy and sell hundreds or thousands of times a second will pay dearly.
But of course the congresscritters will be lobbied to make sure the tax is paid on bread and milk and infant formula and prescriptions, but to put an exemption in there for the stock market "to keep American capitalism strong!"
But this isn't government screwing anyone, it's holier than holy capitalism doing it, so that makes it okay, practically a sacrament, even.
We only defend to the death your right to say something if you make no spelling or grammar and usage errors.
: - )
That idea is very worrying — because it is about two competitors merging. However, with both of them being very-very cozy with the governing party, the merger is all but decided, unfortunately.
That's a lot, but less than the other combo and, more importantly, TV is not primary line of business for AT&T...
That said, with Internet-speeds continuing to rise — net-neutrality or not — it will only become easier to deliver content over it. Netflix may have made a special deal with Verizon, but smaller IPTV providers (like KartinaTV used by my relatives to watch channels from the former USSR and Israel) are doing just fine without any special arrangements.
Of course they're cozy with the governing party.
And if the other party takes control they'll be cozy with them.
You bribe whomever can do something for you in return.
And you pay something to their enemies to keep them around in case the people in power get too greedy and need replacing with someone who'll give you more bang for your bribe buck--that way the the people in power know not to get too greedy lest they kill the goose which is laying the golden eggs.