...If a broadcaster accidentally broadcasts some copyrighted material without license, all their views/subscribers the service terminated?...
...and their TV towers will fall to inversely represent the enormous penis size of those who are falling back on ridiculous laws (that don't work) to get rich quick. Congrats, oh Lords of the Penis(tm)! You have now just encouraged thousands of times more "stolen works" from the American and probably world populace to overload your choices of who to pick on AND, to have the companies that pay you to pull their little whackers out to punish you for not getting them enough fast "returns". Bravo, RightsCorp, Bravo! Oops.. Just violated two copyrights and/or trademarks in SOME ridiculous way there! =->
*sigh* I don't understand why bottom feeders don't learn the lesson from past attempts. Wait, yes I do. It happens in all areas of life: "But we're different and better than the rest, and ours won't fail!".......waiting for the./ post on the collapse of your entity....
Sorry, supraman. I'm on your side. Just got a little carried away with the past repeating itself. Heh.
That is nonsense. MS already owns the OS and the OS is closed-source. They do not need any CPU "side-band" (whatever that is supposed to mean) capabilities.
Huh? If you don't understand what something means, why not ask?
To me, it appeared that the main intent of the free Windows 10 upgrade was to rain massive data harvesting down upon the users of Windows. The unification of the codebase was a nice side benefit>
Agreed.
I find it odd, also, that Android and Apple wouldn't agree to gov't requests to help provide a "EasyIn(tm)" method of spying on/getting data off of any device they wish, yet around the same time Microsoft releases the first "Free" major version of their operating system... ever. It's not a bit of a conspiracy theory that they decided to play along and are probably getting some kind of benefits from the gov't in return.
Coincidence happens, but sometimes it isn't. Perhaps it was going to be the big ol' OS to compete with the iOS/'Droid playforms...er..platforms, but ended up being a double benefit to them. Just sayin'. Follow the money and it usually leads to shit. Pun intended.
"The company could easily figure out some seriously intimate personal information like when you get off, how long it takes, and with what combinations of vibes."
sure, then they sell your data to your health insurance company, employers, the goverment so they all know about your sexual activities and perceived health. takes longer than a few minutes for you to get off? that will earn you an interesting chat with your manager the next moring.
"Steve, we've noticed you recently have been sexually quite active. We are pleased it works out for you. However we're really concerned about the decline in your performance, sexually. I look at my statistics sheet here, and it says you usually took just 1.5 minutes, which is very good. It releases stress but it doesn't impact your productivity that much. So that's a good thing. However, for almost 2 weeks now, we see that it takes you 5, sometimes 10 minutes to get off. I have to tell you, we don't like this development. You have to look into this. If you can't improve it, we will ban you from any sexual activities in the future and treat you with a stress relexant. Am I clear?"
brave new world
Oh, my, the data selling opportunities. Here, DrugCo, is data on 530 users worldwide that aren't doin' it as long as they used to. And Pr0nico Industries, here's data on 530 users worldwide who like to switch modes while using a dildo.
That's right, no consumer provider truly has the fastest service everywhere. To claim they do is a lie. Perhaps they could tell the truth by running this ad in Dallas:
"The fastest home internet service available throughout Dallas."
Maybe it would be true to say "Cable internet is twice as fast as DSL, on average."
Or "the most reliable service of any nationwide provider".
See, this is where the over-wording in announcements comes into play. Your method is great, but let me add a bit more to be completely accurate:
The fastest home internet service available throughout Dallas, but only on the XXtremeXX Plan(tm), and with less equipment, obstructions, bends, or shoddy fixes between the fiber transmission device and the home receiver port; service is only fastest based on closest speed testing servers with the fewest routing hops, and only at certain times of the night when usage from other consumers is lowest. * GASP BREATH*
All I can say is that I had Cincinnati Bell's new Fiber service at a former apartment and got =~850mbps to near, =~ 650mbps to a select set of foreign speed testing servers over a Gigabit provisioned line. After moving to another apartment, they have the "fiber to the node" service but still sell it as fiber in all advertising. The ONLY way to find out that it's not fiber into the home, with equipment to interface with said fiber is to drill questions into salespeople when you call for service. If you say, get response: Is Gigabit fiber available into [address]? The answer is ALWAYS "yes". Is gigabit Internet service available to me AT [address]? Yes. Am I going to have the fastest service available in the Cincinnati area at my place at [address]? Yes! Am I going to have fiber run to the home at [address] or the apartment at [address]? Yes. (HINT! Apartments don't allow individual fiber runs). Do you have the ability to run fiber into my apartment at [address]? Yes.
Now here's the kicker question: What is the maximum bandwidth available at [address]? There is a lot of "uh" noise heard from the person (overseas, I might add) followed by asking you for your address over THREE TIMES more. The end answer is "Our [whatever they prepend this month] 50 megabits is available at that address." No more, no less. They aren't allowed to explain why, and aren't allowed to indicate that it might be "upped" in the future by expansion, etc.
One strand of fiber is run to each building underground with the copper lines, but is only allowed to be attached to the building on the outside, not inside. Then, the copper to be run to the apartment is drawn back down for an underground run (already done 50+ years ago) for regular phone service into the building, and distributed the same.
BTW my 50mbps is 46 on a good night (or day; it stays the same no matter when you test). They claim the rest is for the other wonderful services [they] offer like TV and phone, so you really DO have 50mbps to your location. You only get 46 for the Internet.
Now that's false advertising and somehow they get away with it, even though there are no disclaimers or warnings. They wait until the installer is done installing the service in your place, and then for you to complain about it not being [at teh gigabits]. There's less desire for one to cancel service after already having paid for installation fees and waiting days to weeks for an installer [contractor] to be available for the installation. I guess that's their logic. Still wondering where the lawsuits are...?
I know this isn't about Comcast, but it's about the principles of advertising and using whatever data/awards/metrics desired to make whatever claims they wish to make. Bell is just plain BOLD, though, because they don't say "speeds may vary" on the advertising OR "fiber isn't fiber all of the time". I digress.
Maybe they've been reading Clancy novels - this was exactly how Japan (in Debt of Honour) tested their secretly developed missile system, by faking 1st stage separation.
Clancy & Dale Brown have a lot to answer for - after giving AQ the concept for 9/11./s
ACK
Lesen ist verboten!!! Or is that only for the tools..er toys.. er citizens...er uh... what do they call them over there? It's not sheep or slaves. Perhaps citizens in the Matrix? Matrices/Matrizens/Meople?
North Korea has a long way to go. They barely succeeding in launching a rocket after several failures. I'd give it 25 to 30 years before they perfect something than can exit the earths atmosphere, and maintain a trajectory course to the moon with a possibility of successfully landing a flag on our lunar neighbor.
Oh, man.. Or fail to leave the atmosphere and completely accidentally redirect itself toward the U.S. for a completely coincidental heading that would bring it down on the west coast, erroneously losing all safety mechanisms and triggering its fusion bomb materials that were meant to do nothing but put a big enough hole on the surface of the moon for [their] really, really HUGE flag. Complete accident!!! Innocent!
I wish I were completely joking... But I'm sure the DoD thought of it right away and is prepared for such shenanigans. Right, DoD? I know you couldn't miss that logic in 1M Earth years.
What other crazy claims have we heard from North Korea? Let's list a few of them here:...
Sorry to ask, but which one of those does the showing of huge banquet rooms _that are completely empty of people_, with the staff of about 5 women moving foods and drinks from one table to another like it's a happenin' place, reference? If none, please consider adding something to the tune of "Live puppet shows masked as real-life events to take part in", or something to that ilk.:)
BTW, when I saw video documentaries on that all it really got from me was, *blink*, *pause......*, *long blink*, *eyebrow raise, snort, jaw drop simultaneously*.
I think a child-like behavioral response is due if they en bother with it...
They will announce that a flag has been planted and bask in their glory. The rest of the world will not acknowledge; basically just ignore like they haven't even heard about it. If mentioned, response is, "Huh? What are you talking about?"
Let them bask in their loss of "capital" or whatever Korean monies are measured on. They should know by now that the world plays daily on a "game" to assure life. This is, please pardon example, sort of like a person huffing late into a company meeting and starting to talk about something that was already discussed, planned, tested, executed, and completely finished and saying, "So, what about this plan that's still in the works?" The body language responses of the rest in the meeting room is what N. Korea is due to receive. Unless, of course, they become dangerous. It's not hard for a team of people (the countries of the world) that play a daily "game" (business and trade), to make an annoying, hostile, and counter-productive individuals disappear. Pardon my honesty and "up-frontedness", please.
The bottled water industry will be pleased as drinkable tap becomes more scarce all over the US. This is just part of the process. Maintaining a clean water supply is too difficult and expensive. So instead of raising the price, which is totally unjustifiable anyway, it's far easier to let the quality slip.
Wow. That was fast. Thanks for giving me campaign funding and laundered money sources to look for on him!
Netflix has pretty cheap hook up costs. Most people already own some kind of device that streams Netflix. If you don't already have something, you can easily get a Roku for $60. Compare that with cable.
It cost me $200 to get internet access installed, you insensitive clod! Because I am in the sticks and have to use a WISP. (There's both cable and DSL within a mile or so, but neither one reaches out to my street, which has exceptionally low population density.) And I am now paying $99/mo for 6Mbps with a 300GB cap and with degradation to 512kbps from 7:30 to 11:30 after the cap is used, because they are even more oversubscribed than cable companies. They're also liars, because they will swear up and down that they are not oversubscribed, when all ISPs are. Shitbags. ("Digital Path")
You're a satellite person. If you want to not fit into the architecture you're in, it's gonna cost money. That's unfortunate! I would hate to be in that situation.:(
What do you watch, may I ask? I just posted the opposite so I'm curious. I don't want new bambambamswitchflopbam ADD shows or shows dumbed down for the brains of average people who watch just to satisfy their life status (e.g. their life is great because they don't have to deal with what those people on "Survivor" do).
I feel left out so I don't believe their statistical sampling works!
In reality I do believe that their method of taking the samples is very likely to be biased and produce inaccurate results. Talking about this in the USA where they go to great lengths to, eg, ensure that black and hispanic voters have a hard time getting a drivers license to reduce their likelyhood of voting. I can't believe that the media corps are any better than the government in this kind of demographic shaping.
Agreed. There's a company called Lexis Nexis. Look 'em up. They are one of the largest data mines operating in a normal business model today. By normal, I mean they will provide you with whatever data you want, in any model you want, any form, any context. If all a network or business trying to compete has to do is make ratings look weird or bad, there's always a $ for that. If you have money, you can have whatever you want, and in most cases, however you want it. The most you have (offer), the more perfect what you "purchased" will be. I put quotes around purchased to account (ha) for data that proves a point that a corporation wants to prove, even though there was "never any special money laundered and delivered" for such data. Oh, and never, EVER any glad-handing or reciprocation.
Most Netflix content has been off the air for years. It's cheaper content. Other than their original shows, which is admittedly increasingly growing in size and value, generally cable offers more valuable access than Netflix does.
I ditched my cable because it... repeats! Watch show 1 on TLC, show 2 on Discovery, show 3 on TFAC.
Show ends on all three (but not at the same time.. just when they're done).
TLC buys rights and starts showing show 3 like it's a "NEW SERIES YAAAAY YIPPEE" situation. No too long after that, I see Discovery showing show 1. TLC starts showing show 2. I know this doesn't seem like a HUGE deal.. annoying for those without constant ADD, but eh...
Then I start noticing that it's happening on almost every network. The new stuff I'm looking for isn't there. I keep seeing NEW SERIES about the Universe! YAAY! Ah, son of a... it's just a repeat of the entire series I finished less than 6 months ago! I see it happening on channels I'm not interested in. I started keeping a little "fun log" of all of the swapping that goes on between the networks/channels, and I'm wondering what in the hell I'm paying for...?
Then I find out that the "big networks" (FOX, NBC, ABC, CBS, Showtime, HBO, etc) come out with new stuff, but I can just wait and buy the cool series on DVD/online watching later to avoid commercials when it comes to Showtime/HBO, and just tune into the freaking RF waves in the air around me to watch the ABC/NBC/etc shows... BUT WAIT, I have no interest in the garbage that the networks keep coming out with. The teenage/early 20s age group shows that are slammed with ADD flashing from scene to scene just to keep the watchers watching and hype after suspense hype...
I said Fuck it! I'll just watch this there Netflix thing and Hulu. Hulu lost my business because they're basically showing all of the new-age crap that the ABC/NBC/etc networks are showing, but in little segments that you have to wait for, and then can only watch for so long... and then they throw in advertising. CLOSE MY ACCOUNT, HULU!
Netflix has stuff I can keep watching and looking around for new material in. If I get done with 10 series shows, maybe I want to watch one I've already seen. That's cool because it's my choice and I can do it if I want to, not because it's just 'what's on'. They allowed for the removal of ads which I think is slimy after so many successful years turning a profit, but fine.. I haven't had a problem since. Knocking on wood now.
Cable to me now is some of the most dense RF noise I have no interest in that it's shocking (no pun intended). Air RF TV is crap I don't WANT to watch.
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...If a broadcaster accidentally broadcasts some copyrighted material without license, all their views/subscribers the service terminated?...
...and their TV towers will fall to inversely represent the enormous penis size of those who are falling back on ridiculous laws (that don't work) to get rich quick. Congrats, oh Lords of the Penis(tm)! You have now just encouraged thousands of times more "stolen works" from the American and probably world populace to overload your choices of who to pick on AND, to have the companies that pay you to pull their little whackers out to punish you for not getting them enough fast "returns". Bravo, RightsCorp, Bravo! Oops.. Just violated two copyrights and/or trademarks in SOME ridiculous way there! =->
*sigh* I don't understand why bottom feeders don't learn the lesson from past attempts. Wait, yes I do. It happens in all areas of life: "But we're different and better than the rest, and ours won't fail!" .......waiting for the ./ post on the collapse of your entity....
Sorry, supraman. I'm on your side. Just got a little carried away with the past repeating itself. Heh.
It took IBM FOURTEEN YEARS to put down SCO group.
I think it was just a reality show for all OSS and legal eyes to enjoy. Oh, and it was.
NSA support.
Skylake has extensive side-band capabilities.....
What are the extensive side-band capabilities you are mentioning? Very curious!
That is nonsense. MS already owns the OS and the OS is closed-source. They do not need any CPU "side-band" (whatever that is supposed to mean) capabilities.
Huh? If you don't understand what something means, why not ask?
To me, it appeared that the main intent of the free Windows 10 upgrade was to rain massive data harvesting down upon the users of Windows. The unification of the codebase was a nice side benefit>
Agreed.
I find it odd, also, that Android and Apple wouldn't agree to gov't requests to help provide a "EasyIn(tm)" method of spying on/getting data off of any device they wish, yet around the same time Microsoft releases the first "Free" major version of their operating system... ever. It's not a bit of a conspiracy theory that they decided to play along and are probably getting some kind of benefits from the gov't in return.
Coincidence happens, but sometimes it isn't. Perhaps it was going to be the big ol' OS to compete with the iOS/'Droid playforms...er..platforms, but ended up being a double benefit to them. Just sayin'. Follow the money and it usually leads to shit. Pun intended.
"The company could easily figure out some seriously intimate personal information like when you get off, how long it takes, and with what combinations of vibes."
sure, then they sell your data to your health insurance company, employers, the goverment so they all know about your sexual activities and perceived health. takes longer than a few minutes for you to get off? that will earn you an interesting chat with your manager the next moring.
"Steve, we've noticed you recently have been sexually quite active. We are pleased it works out for you. However we're really concerned about the decline in your performance, sexually. I look at my statistics sheet here, and it says you usually took just 1.5 minutes, which is very good. It releases stress but it doesn't impact your productivity that much. So that's a good thing. However, for almost 2 weeks now, we see that it takes you 5, sometimes 10 minutes to get off. I have to tell you, we don't like this development. You have to look into this. If you can't improve it, we will ban you from any sexual activities in the future and treat you with a stress relexant. Am I clear?"
brave new world
Oh, my, the data selling opportunities. Here, DrugCo, is data on 530 users worldwide that aren't doin' it as long as they used to. And Pr0nico Industries, here's data on 530 users worldwide who like to switch modes while using a dildo.
Okay, I'm gonna stop here.
Anal? The GP spoke of genitals.
Did you miss that week of health class in 7th grade?
That week of health class in 7th was spent at home.. with the uh "flu". Yeah.
"Once installed, the main Project Sauron modules start working as 'sleeper cells"
So, this was written by ISIS?
It's smarter than that.
To avoid getting sued, they should use subjective words instead, like "Comcast Internet is the most synergetic!"
.."the most scalable!"
That's right, no consumer provider truly has the fastest service everywhere. To claim they do is a lie. Perhaps they could tell the truth by running this ad in Dallas:
"The fastest home internet service available throughout Dallas."
Maybe it would be true to say "Cable internet is twice as fast as DSL, on average."
Or "the most reliable service of any nationwide provider".
See, this is where the over-wording in announcements comes into play. Your method is great, but let me add a bit more to be completely accurate:
The fastest home internet service available throughout Dallas, but only on the XXtremeXX Plan(tm), and with less equipment, obstructions, bends, or shoddy fixes between the fiber transmission device and the home receiver port; service is only fastest based on closest speed testing servers with the fewest routing hops, and only at certain times of the night when usage from other consumers is lowest. * GASP BREATH*
All I can say is that I had Cincinnati Bell's new Fiber service at a former apartment and got =~850mbps to near, =~ 650mbps to a select set of foreign speed testing servers over a Gigabit provisioned line. After moving to another apartment, they have the "fiber to the node" service but still sell it as fiber in all advertising. The ONLY way to find out that it's not fiber into the home, with equipment to interface with said fiber is to drill questions into salespeople when you call for service. If you say, get response:
Is Gigabit fiber available into [address]? The answer is ALWAYS "yes".
Is gigabit Internet service available to me AT [address]? Yes.
Am I going to have the fastest service available in the Cincinnati area at my place at [address]? Yes!
Am I going to have fiber run to the home at [address] or the apartment at [address]? Yes. (HINT! Apartments don't allow individual fiber runs).
Do you have the ability to run fiber into my apartment at [address]? Yes.
Now here's the kicker question: What is the maximum bandwidth available at [address]?
There is a lot of "uh" noise heard from the person (overseas, I might add) followed by asking you for your address over THREE TIMES more. The end answer is "Our [whatever they prepend this month] 50 megabits is available at that address." No more, no less. They aren't allowed to explain why, and aren't allowed to indicate that it might be "upped" in the future by expansion, etc.
One strand of fiber is run to each building underground with the copper lines, but is only allowed to be attached to the building on the outside, not inside. Then, the copper to be run to the apartment is drawn back down for an underground run (already done 50+ years ago) for regular phone service into the building, and distributed the same.
BTW my 50mbps is 46 on a good night (or day; it stays the same no matter when you test). They claim the rest is for the other wonderful services [they] offer like TV and phone, so you really DO have 50mbps to your location. You only get 46 for the Internet.
Now that's false advertising and somehow they get away with it, even though there are no disclaimers or warnings. They wait until the installer is done installing the service in your place, and then for you to complain about it not being [at teh gigabits]. There's less desire for one to cancel service after already having paid for installation fees and waiting days to weeks for an installer [contractor] to be available for the installation. I guess that's their logic. Still wondering where the lawsuits are...?
I know this isn't about Comcast, but it's about the principles of advertising and using whatever data/awards/metrics desired to make whatever claims they wish to make. Bell is just plain BOLD, though, because they don't say "speeds may vary" on the advertising OR "fiber isn't fiber all of the time". I digress.
Sun-myung Moon was a guy and was the founder of the Moonies.
Can't correct original!
Maybe they've been reading Clancy novels - this was exactly how Japan (in Debt of Honour) tested their secretly developed missile system, by faking 1st stage separation.
Clancy & Dale Brown have a lot to answer for - after giving AQ the concept for 9/11. /s
ACK
Lesen ist verboten!!! Or is that only for the tools..er toys.. er citizens...er uh... what do they call them over there? It's not sheep or slaves. Perhaps citizens in the Matrix? Matrices/Matrizens/Meople?
PSH
North Korea has a long way to go. They barely succeeding in launching a rocket after several failures. I'd give it 25 to 30 years before they perfect something than can exit the earths atmosphere, and maintain a trajectory course to the moon with a possibility of successfully landing a flag on our lunar neighbor.
Oh, man.. Or fail to leave the atmosphere and completely accidentally redirect itself toward the U.S. for a completely coincidental heading that would bring it down on the west coast, erroneously losing all safety mechanisms and triggering its fusion bomb materials that were meant to do nothing but put a big enough hole on the surface of the moon for [their] really, really HUGE flag. Complete accident!!! Innocent!
I wish I were completely joking... But I'm sure the DoD thought of it right away and is prepared for such shenanigans. Right, DoD? I know you couldn't miss that logic in 1M Earth years.
Its Korea, are we sure he doesn't have a crush on Sung myung moon, and planting flag means ......
... forcing her to ingest silver nitrate and *censored* into *REALLY, REALLY CENSORED*. ;)
P.S. Sorry, I had to. Uncontrollable.
What other crazy claims have we heard from North Korea? Let's list a few of them here:...
Sorry to ask, but which one of those does the showing of huge banquet rooms _that are completely empty of people_, with the staff of about 5 women moving foods and drinks from one table to another like it's a happenin' place, reference? If none, please consider adding something to the tune of "Live puppet shows masked as real-life events to take part in", or something to that ilk. :)
BTW, when I saw video documentaries on that all it really got from me was, *blink*, *pause......*, *long blink*, *eyebrow raise, snort, jaw drop simultaneously*.
I think a child-like behavioral response is due if they en bother with it...
They will announce that a flag has been planted and bask in their glory. The rest of the world will not acknowledge; basically just ignore like they haven't even heard about it. If mentioned, response is, "Huh? What are you talking about?"
Let them bask in their loss of "capital" or whatever Korean monies are measured on. They should know by now that the world plays daily on a "game" to assure life. This is, please pardon example, sort of like a person huffing late into a company meeting and starting to talk about something that was already discussed, planned, tested, executed, and completely finished and saying, "So, what about this plan that's still in the works?" The body language responses of the rest in the meeting room is what N. Korea is due to receive. Unless, of course, they become dangerous. It's not hard for a team of people (the countries of the world) that play a daily "game" (business and trade), to make an annoying, hostile, and counter-productive individuals disappear. Pardon my honesty and "up-frontedness", please.
...but where is the number or signal for Anonymous? I think I have a small job for them. See article. :)
The bottled water industry will be pleased as drinkable tap becomes more scarce all over the US. This is just part of the process. Maintaining a clean water supply is too difficult and expensive. So instead of raising the price, which is totally unjustifiable anyway, it's far easier to let the quality slip.
Wow. That was fast. Thanks for giving me campaign funding and laundered money sources to look for on him!
Heh
Netflix has pretty cheap hook up costs. Most people already own some kind of device that streams Netflix. If you don't already have something, you can easily get a Roku for $60. Compare that with cable.
It cost me $200 to get internet access installed, you insensitive clod! Because I am in the sticks and have to use a WISP. (There's both cable and DSL within a mile or so, but neither one reaches out to my street, which has exceptionally low population density.) And I am now paying $99/mo for 6Mbps with a 300GB cap and with degradation to 512kbps from 7:30 to 11:30 after the cap is used, because they are even more oversubscribed than cable companies. They're also liars, because they will swear up and down that they are not oversubscribed, when all ISPs are. Shitbags. ("Digital Path")
You're a satellite person. If you want to not fit into the architecture you're in, it's gonna cost money. That's unfortunate! I would hate to be in that situation. :(
What do you watch, may I ask? I just posted the opposite so I'm curious. I don't want new bambambamswitchflopbam ADD shows or shows dumbed down for the brains of average people who watch just to satisfy their life status (e.g. their life is great because they don't have to deal with what those people on "Survivor" do).
Care to share?
I feel left out so I don't believe their statistical sampling works!
In reality I do believe that their method of taking the samples is very likely to be biased and produce inaccurate results. Talking about this in the USA where they go to great lengths to, eg, ensure that black and hispanic voters have a hard time getting a drivers license to reduce their likelyhood of voting. I can't believe that the media corps are any better than the government in this kind of demographic shaping.
Agreed. There's a company called Lexis Nexis. Look 'em up. They are one of the largest data mines operating in a normal business model today. By normal, I mean they will provide you with whatever data you want, in any model you want, any form, any context. If all a network or business trying to compete has to do is make ratings look weird or bad, there's always a $ for that. If you have money, you can have whatever you want, and in most cases, however you want it. The most you have (offer), the more perfect what you "purchased" will be. I put quotes around purchased to account (ha) for data that proves a point that a corporation wants to prove, even though there was "never any special money laundered and delivered" for such data. Oh, and never, EVER any glad-handing or reciprocation.
Welcome to a capitalist economy. Gag.
This also doesnt factor in connection cost. Thats 20 cents per hour for people that somehow have internet costs counted on a different ledger.
If I watched 24 hours per day in a 30 day month, my bandwidth cost is $0.08/hr. Only counting it in my watch time is not even worth calculating.
Most Netflix content has been off the air for years. It's cheaper content. Other than their original shows, which is admittedly increasingly growing in size and value, generally cable offers more valuable access than Netflix does.
I ditched my cable because it... repeats! Watch show 1 on TLC, show 2 on Discovery, show 3 on TFAC.
Show ends on all three (but not at the same time.. just when they're done).
TLC buys rights and starts showing show 3 like it's a "NEW SERIES YAAAAY YIPPEE" situation. No too long after that, I see Discovery showing show 1. TLC starts showing show 2. I know this doesn't seem like a HUGE deal.. annoying for those without constant ADD, but eh...
Then I start noticing that it's happening on almost every network. The new stuff I'm looking for isn't there. I keep seeing NEW SERIES about the Universe! YAAY! Ah, son of a... it's just a repeat of the entire series I finished less than 6 months ago! I see it happening on channels I'm not interested in. I started keeping a little "fun log" of all of the swapping that goes on between the networks/channels, and I'm wondering what in the hell I'm paying for...?
Then I find out that the "big networks" (FOX, NBC, ABC, CBS, Showtime, HBO, etc) come out with new stuff, but I can just wait and buy the cool series on DVD/online watching later to avoid commercials when it comes to Showtime/HBO, and just tune into the freaking RF waves in the air around me to watch the ABC/NBC/etc shows... BUT WAIT, I have no interest in the garbage that the networks keep coming out with. The teenage/early 20s age group shows that are slammed with ADD flashing from scene to scene just to keep the watchers watching and hype after suspense hype...
I said Fuck it! I'll just watch this there Netflix thing and Hulu. Hulu lost my business because they're basically showing all of the new-age crap that the ABC/NBC/etc networks are showing, but in little segments that you have to wait for, and then can only watch for so long... and then they throw in advertising. CLOSE MY ACCOUNT, HULU!
Netflix has stuff I can keep watching and looking around for new material in. If I get done with 10 series shows, maybe I want to watch one I've already seen. That's cool because it's my choice and I can do it if I want to, not because it's just 'what's on'. They allowed for the removal of ads which I think is slimy after so many successful years turning a profit, but fine.. I haven't had a problem since. Knocking on wood now.
Cable to me now is some of the most dense RF noise I have no interest in that it's shocking (no pun intended). Air RF TV is crap I don't WANT to watch.
Eh, I've said what I'm gonna say.
Oh.. Wait.. Heh.
Looks correct to me as neither of thoise definition say anythign about automatic avoidance of other craft/vehicles.
Looks like stupid people are just stupid.
Darwin, where are you when we need you?