The HUGE problem I see is giving someone access to your thoughts. You can't help random thoughts popping up. Everyone has skeletons in their closet. If you see the phase, "sex with a 3 year old", even though you (hopefully) don't want to think about that, you can't help it, and that vision could randomly come up while sharing thoughts. Would anyone want to risk that?
I've had several customers come in asking about BD and when they found out the extra gear and hoop jumping they'd have to do to rip it compared to DVD they were all "How much is an upscaling DVD player again?".
Really? Your customers biggest concern is how easy/hard it is to break the law? And because BD makes it difficult to break the law, BD is doomed?
What would happen if they actually "cured aging". Would our system work if all the sudden people lived to 200 or 500 or... I would almost think, like that STNG episode where they all had to die at 60, maybe you would have to cap it a 100 or 150. If I could live to 100 as healthy as I am now (at 43) I would think that would be a pretty good life.
No, there is no way to know for sure if it still exists, but I think most don't "live" that long and it has probably faded out or "evolved" into something different.
I have for the longest time thought a la carte [wikipedia.org] is the way to go
a la carte pricing sound good on the face of it, but it would destroy TV as we know it, and imho not for the better. It would trigger a backwards trend and we would start to loose a lot of channels. There are a lot of channels that can't exist by them selves. I don't have the list/break down, although I could get it. But channels we personally think of as popular/mainstream could go away. We would end up with just the big channels that everyone likes.
half your cable bill is ESPN, whether you wanted it or not
That is mostly correct, you are paying ~$20/month for ESPN (and the other ESPN chans). It is ridiculously expensive. However, the reason it is that expensive is because it is SO popular, and because it is so popular, it is included in every package.
I heard on the radio the other day on the Clark Howard show that Dish is still charging their customers full price for the News Corp channels that people paid for ( I guess you have to get a premium package or something to get them) even though they aren't receiving them
It is early in the dispute. With the Fisher Comm. dispute, Dish customers were given $1/month off their bill for that lost channel. $1 doesn't seems like much, but the locals run $5/month for about 8-12 chans, so it was appropriate. Dish hasn't had time to make that kind of decision, but I think they will if this drags on longer. But you will probably need to call in and ask for it.
I work in the satellite dish industry. We are dealing with and fairly informed on the News Corp/Dish Network dispute. On the CableVision side, News Corp is trying to raise their rates from $70 mil to $150 mil, over a 100% increase. With Dish Network, they are trying to force Dish to include the Fox Sports regional networks into the lowest package, which would raise that package $5/month ($40 to $45). News Corp is trying to tell Dish how to run their business. There are plenty of people that don't care about sports and don't want to pay the extra money for it. The reason News Corp wants their Sports channels in the lowest package is to increase (the perceived) viewership numbers so they can raise their advertising rates.
A lot of the Dish Net/Cablevision customer won't see beyond "my channels are gone" and switch to a different provider. That is exactly the wrong thing to do. Dish Net/Cablevision are fighting to keep our rates down, but they can't do it if everybody jumps ship. Dish won the recent battle against Fisher Communications, they were trying to raise their rates 78% for over the air, tax payer subsidized "free" channels. Fisher Communications was already the highest paid among their piers, and wanted to nearly double their rates.
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I am fairly sure it is quantum torpedos
Do you think they will try to use any of the original actors? I agree with most posts, seems like a bad idea.
The HUGE problem I see is giving someone access to your thoughts. You can't help random thoughts popping up. Everyone has skeletons in their closet. If you see the phase, "sex with a 3 year old", even though you (hopefully) don't want to think about that, you can't help it, and that vision could randomly come up while sharing thoughts. Would anyone want to risk that?
I've had several customers come in asking about BD and when they found out the extra gear and hoop jumping they'd have to do to rip it compared to DVD they were all "How much is an upscaling DVD player again?".
Really? Your customers biggest concern is how easy/hard it is to break the law? And because BD makes it difficult to break the law, BD is doomed?
I really don't get you or your customers.
1) Anti-laser
2) ?
3) Profit!
It does not go too deep, but just deep enough:
That's what she said...
At the current rate of growth, how long till we need v8?
I don't think traction control would do much for a 39 hp car...
You forgot, free as in beer
What would happen if they actually "cured aging". Would our system work if all the sudden people lived to 200 or 500 or... I would almost think, like that STNG episode where they all had to die at 60, maybe you would have to cap it a 100 or 150. If I could live to 100 as healthy as I am now (at 43) I would think that would be a pretty good life.
As of just a few minutes ago the leaked documents have been released by five international news outlets. Now the fun begins.....
You know it isn't nice to insult crap like that.
By a maid and some Lysol.
I wonder if he just laid down on a skate board with a lot of road in front of him, could he take off?
Boy thats an oxymoron.
No, there is no way to know for sure if it still exists, but I think most don't "live" that long and it has probably faded out or "evolved" into something different.
Their Scientists have now figured out how to make a web page. Maybe they can use it to promote their armed forces
Your credibility is quite gone when you say "piers" instead of "peers"
I would say your credibility is worthless in that most of your posts are modded 0 or -1.
Ya, ya. I get too reliant on my spell check, I need a grammar checker also.
I have for the longest time thought a la carte [wikipedia.org] is the way to go
a la carte pricing sound good on the face of it, but it would destroy TV as we know it, and imho not for the better. It would trigger a backwards trend and we would start to loose a lot of channels. There are a lot of channels that can't exist by them selves. I don't have the list/break down, although I could get it. But channels we personally think of as popular/mainstream could go away. We would end up with just the big channels that everyone likes.
half your cable bill is ESPN, whether you wanted it or not
That is mostly correct, you are paying ~$20/month for ESPN (and the other ESPN chans). It is ridiculously expensive. However, the reason it is that expensive is because it is SO popular, and because it is so popular, it is included in every package.
I heard on the radio the other day on the Clark Howard show that Dish is still charging their customers full price for the News Corp channels that people paid for ( I guess you have to get a premium package or something to get them) even though they aren't receiving them
It is early in the dispute. With the Fisher Comm. dispute, Dish customers were given $1/month off their bill for that lost channel. $1 doesn't seems like much, but the locals run $5/month for about 8-12 chans, so it was appropriate. Dish hasn't had time to make that kind of decision, but I think they will if this drags on longer. But you will probably need to call in and ask for it.
I work in the satellite dish industry. We are dealing with and fairly informed on the News Corp/Dish Network dispute. On the CableVision side, News Corp is trying to raise their rates from $70 mil to $150 mil, over a 100% increase. With Dish Network, they are trying to force Dish to include the Fox Sports regional networks into the lowest package, which would raise that package $5/month ($40 to $45). News Corp is trying to tell Dish how to run their business. There are plenty of people that don't care about sports and don't want to pay the extra money for it. The reason News Corp wants their Sports channels in the lowest package is to increase (the perceived) viewership numbers so they can raise their advertising rates.
A lot of the Dish Net/Cablevision customer won't see beyond "my channels are gone" and switch to a different provider. That is exactly the wrong thing to do. Dish Net/Cablevision are fighting to keep our rates down, but they can't do it if everybody jumps ship. Dish won the recent battle against Fisher Communications, they were trying to raise their rates 78% for over the air, tax payer subsidized "free" channels. Fisher Communications was already the highest paid among their piers, and wanted to nearly double their rates.
12/12/1212 and all significant repedative dates have already passed
You just need to wait a while for 11/11/11111.
That's my worst nightmare: I get a superpower, but it's something completely lame and useless, even for picking up chicks.
Maybe you would end up with the super amazing ability to grow your fingernails.