That's a very interesting question! Somebody wake up the scientist and tell her about this "Ice Age" thing quick!
Hmmm . . . now that I've given it several whole minutes of thought, I have come up with lots of other theories including sun spots, eccentric orbit of the earth, volcanos, growth of the sun, angry gods . . . If only the scientist was as clever as we are. If she were, she would probably test this stuff and we could all just use The Google to find out.
For my money a nice juicy fatty piece of rib steak is the best food ever made. And maybe I'm being irrational here, but it seems to taste a hell of a lot better with the bone in.
Nice rows of cow muscle cells just sounds like a crappy flank steak to me.
The FCC was not created to decide when and how "free speech" can be exercised.
Right, that's the job of advertisers.
The FCC rarely interferes with content. Advertisers often do. A lot of posts are under the misconception that broadcast media consumers are media customers. Consumers are the product. The prized product is young affluent people who buy lots of stuff. Our eyeballs are sold to the highest bidder and content is tailored to attract particular demographics. If you want to know how you are marketed, watch the ads rather than flip the channel.
Of course, you gotta sell Mountain Dew so pro wrestling is safe, but generally, programming will follow the money. How many 24 hour financial cable networks are there?
I too think the people aught to decide. Maybe we could figure out a way to put the people in control, maybe a vote or something? Hmmm. . . That's it, we could vote on stuff. Each person would have an equal say in the decision making. I'll call it: democracy (and apply for a patent right away.)
People might even prefer the one person one vote idea to the one dollar one vote idea! Of course, that's not really fair to the obscenely rich, poor souls, they.
I'm not sure how bold a proposal this idea actually is. After all, trading frequencies on the marketplace isn't much different from the current system of trading FCC commisioners if you ask me.
Sure it could be random noise. That's why you dig. The tendency to notice patterns works pretty well, after all how long would it take to make a discovery if one were to randomly wander about with a spade?
Unlike the Martian face, it is entirely reasonable to suspect an ancient city may lie beneath the surface of southern Spain. It is also at least reasonable to hypothesize that it may be the ancient city of Atlantis. No one is calling the photo proof of anything, only noting that it's not a bad place to check.
So, you may be right that there is nothing to it (frankly, I can't see anything) but, thanks to our crazy pattern finding brains, it seems far more likely to produce a fine discovery than the hole in my back yard.
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That's a very interesting question! Somebody wake up the scientist and tell her about this "Ice Age" thing quick!
Hmmm . . . now that I've given it several whole minutes of thought, I have come up with lots of other theories including sun spots, eccentric orbit of the earth, volcanos, growth of the sun, angry gods . . . If only the scientist was as clever as we are. If she were, she would probably test this stuff and we could all just use The Google to find out.
This jacka** plainly failed to read the article, fools like this should be banned.
And what was he thinking when he bought that shirt, jeez.
For my money a nice juicy fatty piece of rib steak is the best food ever made. And maybe I'm being irrational here, but it seems to taste a hell of a lot better with the bone in.
Nice rows of cow muscle cells just sounds like a crappy flank steak to me.
I hear the CTA (Crack Trafficing Association) did a study which showed crack users are kind to animals and generally charming party guests.
Right, that's the job of advertisers.
The FCC rarely interferes with content. Advertisers often do. A lot of posts are under the misconception that broadcast media consumers are media customers. Consumers are the product. The prized product is young affluent people who buy lots of stuff. Our eyeballs are sold to the highest bidder and content is tailored to attract particular demographics. If you want to know how you are marketed, watch the ads rather than flip the channel.
Of course, you gotta sell Mountain Dew so pro wrestling is safe, but generally, programming will follow the money. How many 24 hour financial cable networks are there?
People might even prefer the one person one vote idea to the one dollar one vote idea! Of course, that's not really fair to the obscenely rich, poor souls, they.
I'm not sure how bold a proposal this idea actually is. After all, trading frequencies on the marketplace isn't much different from the current system of trading FCC commisioners if you ask me.
Unlike the Martian face, it is entirely reasonable to suspect an ancient city may lie beneath the surface of southern Spain. It is also at least reasonable to hypothesize that it may be the ancient city of Atlantis. No one is calling the photo proof of anything, only noting that it's not a bad place to check.
So, you may be right that there is nothing to it (frankly, I can't see anything) but, thanks to our crazy pattern finding brains, it seems far more likely to produce a fine discovery than the hole in my back yard.