Not totally true. Target wants me to buy my everyday products there, even if it doesn't mean upselling me and getting me out the door with a TV or housewares. Marketing that gets me in the door makes a store happy, even if it's not specifically to get me to buy things I don't need.
Without knowing the station, the circumstances, etc. there's no way I can give a good answer to that question. I'm sure it happens, though affiliates have very specific rules they have to follow to remain affiliates.
Note that in the US, cable companies charge you for delivering freely broadcasted channels as well. Go figure why networks don't broadcast their real-time content online for free (after all they also pay for spectrum and broadcasting equipment).
Broadcasting via any means other than OTA isn't covered by the rights agreements that the affiliate channels have with their "parent" networks. Think of your local stations as a franchise - they're typically independently owned, but "branded" as the network. They don't make decisions regarding network programming they provide, and aren't the rights holders.
Traditional media, with a few exceptions, have also gone this route of going with sensational hot news without fact checking and then burying corrections later.
There's more fact-checking than you think - most media won't report on a story unless another trusted agency reports it first or it's confirmed by the agency directly (via first-hand reporting or official confirmation). Yes. there's a rush to be "first", but often the info that needs correcting actually comes from the "official" sources (government, news subjects, etc).
As for corrections, at least the exist, usually on the same sources (or URLs) as the original story. This doesn't happen "in the crowd". Not perfect, but not as haphazard as people like to think.
Even if the voting machine is a pencil, as long as the counting machine is a computer, we run into the same issue. Sure, it can be audited, but that's not going to happen the majority of the time.
You can save your "OMG GOVERNMENT OVERREACHING" posts for someone else.
Honestly, these messages need to get out to the most people in the most efficient way. TV and Radio are absolutely it. There are methods online as well, but I'm not sure a server to poll voluntarily is the best use of anyone's time.
More to my point, if someone doesn't ever watch TV or listed to radio, doesn't have their cell phone on, and doesn't use any web services where people would be talking about it anyway, that's their choice.
My tablet (which happens to be an iPad, but it could be anything) has turned into a fantastic second computer for my household. My 5-year-old can play games and watch movies, my wife or I use it for web browsing (especially when the other is using the laptop), and it's great for computing in our bedroom or kitchen, where we don't have good surfaces to put the laptop.
I think more and more people are using tablets this way, and I think it's absurd to think my situation is a 1/10,000 thing.
They're not really "iTaxes" as the iPad is the same price or cheaper than almost all alternatives.
I love mine. And my non-techie wife loves it. And our 5-year old daughter loves it. That's really what was important to me in my household. I have my servers and plenty of other tech toys to tinker with - the iPad was perfect for the whole household, though.
This is exactly it. It's not in the news because there's not much news to it. It's no media/government conspiracy - it's just not interesting. People don't seem to understand that major media (even the dreaded "MSM") is in competition with each other - if there's a story to be told, it'll get coverage.
Also, there are between "scores" and "a couple hundred" people there (it ebbs and flows), their goal seems to be only "occupation", and while their target is huge, it's not specific. If there were really thousands of people there, day in and day out, or if there were specific goals or activities going on, there'd be more coverage.
Indeed, that's the other big issue here - if you totally remove yourself the internet (from Facebook and similar places), then someone else is in charge of what shows up online about you (unless you've got a great blog presence somewhere).
It's fine to pretend no one knows your name online, but it takes just one person somewhere to say you're a child molester or shitty employee for that to be the top result for a google search of your name.
Honestly, why not have an account? FB doesn't know anything about you that you don't tell it. As a social protest, all it seems to accomplish is annoying your friends and family.
You don't have to "submit to the beast" - just use it for what's convenient.
There actually is no better way for me to communicate with some groups of friends than Facebook. In a group, some people rely on txts, some on email, some on FB itself. The group can collaborate, share links and between themselves easily, and easily communicate, even if they're not friends with each other.
Of course there are other ways to do this, and in a business environment most people will all have some software to do this (likely at a price). But if I'm throwing a birthday party or getting my family together, there is no better tool than Facebook.
This is exactly why you SHOULD have a social media presence, and monitor it. If you don't have an account, your real name can be used and you can be tagged that way. If you do have an account, you can set your privacy settings so when someone tags you, no one else sees that tag.
This extends into the non-social media world too. If you have a blog or other website that you use regularly, or post with your real name on sites like this, a Google search for your name will turn them up. If you're a slashdot-style Luddite and keep every record of your existence hidden, then any asshole can write your name on a web page and suddenly that's all you're known for. It's much better to own your name and control what your employer sees than let someone else do it for you.
In the end, a company like this can only get a hold of web accessible information - i.e., information you (or someone else) puts out there.
But there are dozens of major companies out there that compile profiles on individuals based on public records, credit scores, social networking, police records, and private marketing data - you've got much more to "worry" about (if you're prone to such worrying) from them than you are from someone who's just looking at what you post publicly on Facebook.
Anyone can get an account with Lexis Nexis, among others, who compile data like this into handy little reports. The vast majority of it is public record, but anyone paranoid about something like Facebook would be scared shitless about all the information available in one place from companies like this.
Oh please. Why would you carry around a Kindle and a laptop when you can do what you need to do on one tablet device (iPad or otherwise)?
I don't understand your (unfortunately common) attitude of "I don't want/like that technology, so it's necessarily stupid for all people". For 80% of my common usage, my iPad is perfect. My laptop does the jobs it does very well. And it wasn't that long ago that people said "Laptop? Why would anyone need one of those, when they're not as power/large screened/configurable as a desktop?"
People use different devices for different things. Get used to it.
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Not totally true. Target wants me to buy my everyday products there, even if it doesn't mean upselling me and getting me out the door with a TV or housewares. Marketing that gets me in the door makes a store happy, even if it's not specifically to get me to buy things I don't need.
Sorry, that should be distilled, not ionized.
Plenty of plants also use the minerals dissolved in water, the same way we do. Ionized water certainly has its uses, but most plants don't need it.
Without knowing the station, the circumstances, etc. there's no way I can give a good answer to that question. I'm sure it happens, though affiliates have very specific rules they have to follow to remain affiliates.
Note that in the US, cable companies charge you for delivering freely broadcasted channels as well. Go figure why networks don't broadcast their real-time content online for free (after all they also pay for spectrum and broadcasting equipment).
Broadcasting via any means other than OTA isn't covered by the rights agreements that the affiliate channels have with their "parent" networks. Think of your local stations as a franchise - they're typically independently owned, but "branded" as the network. They don't make decisions regarding network programming they provide, and aren't the rights holders.
Traditional media, with a few exceptions, have also gone this route of going with sensational hot news without fact checking and then burying corrections later.
There's more fact-checking than you think - most media won't report on a story unless another trusted agency reports it first or it's confirmed by the agency directly (via first-hand reporting or official confirmation). Yes. there's a rush to be "first", but often the info that needs correcting actually comes from the "official" sources (government, news subjects, etc).
As for corrections, at least the exist, usually on the same sources (or URLs) as the original story. This doesn't happen "in the crowd". Not perfect, but not as haphazard as people like to think.
Even if the voting machine is a pencil, as long as the counting machine is a computer, we run into the same issue. Sure, it can be audited, but that's not going to happen the majority of the time.
You can save your "OMG GOVERNMENT OVERREACHING" posts for someone else.
Honestly, these messages need to get out to the most people in the most efficient way. TV and Radio are absolutely it. There are methods online as well, but I'm not sure a server to poll voluntarily is the best use of anyone's time.
More to my point, if someone doesn't ever watch TV or listed to radio, doesn't have their cell phone on, and doesn't use any web services where people would be talking about it anyway, that's their choice.
If you choose to remove yourself from every possible broadcast means, it's really your own problem if you're not alerted.
My tablet (which happens to be an iPad, but it could be anything) has turned into a fantastic second computer for my household. My 5-year-old can play games and watch movies, my wife or I use it for web browsing (especially when the other is using the laptop), and it's great for computing in our bedroom or kitchen, where we don't have good surfaces to put the laptop.
I think more and more people are using tablets this way, and I think it's absurd to think my situation is a 1/10,000 thing.
A typo is a mistaken letter, typed on accident that may or may not change the meaning of the intended word.
This is just the wrong word used.
It's really too bad yesterday's /. stories disappear forever. Think of all the things we miss!
They're not really "iTaxes" as the iPad is the same price or cheaper than almost all alternatives.
I love mine. And my non-techie wife loves it. And our 5-year old daughter loves it. That's really what was important to me in my household. I have my servers and plenty of other tech toys to tinker with - the iPad was perfect for the whole household, though.
Are there are any songs you regret recording? Something that seemed like a good idea at the time, but now comes off oddly, or in poor taste?
Except news about all of those places in recent months has been widespread and well-discussed, here and other places. Your paranoia is misplaced.
The current Wall Street protest isn't news because it's poorly organized, small, and no one's really clear about any specific goals.
This is exactly it. It's not in the news because there's not much news to it. It's no media/government conspiracy - it's just not interesting. People don't seem to understand that major media (even the dreaded "MSM") is in competition with each other - if there's a story to be told, it'll get coverage.
Also, there are between "scores" and "a couple hundred" people there (it ebbs and flows), their goal seems to be only "occupation", and while their target is huge, it's not specific. If there were really thousands of people there, day in and day out, or if there were specific goals or activities going on, there'd be more coverage.
That depends on your name. Mine's easy. Yours seems easy too. But if it's at all unique, you're boned.
Indeed, that's the other big issue here - if you totally remove yourself the internet (from Facebook and similar places), then someone else is in charge of what shows up online about you (unless you've got a great blog presence somewhere).
It's fine to pretend no one knows your name online, but it takes just one person somewhere to say you're a child molester or shitty employee for that to be the top result for a google search of your name.
Honestly, why not have an account? FB doesn't know anything about you that you don't tell it. As a social protest, all it seems to accomplish is annoying your friends and family.
You don't have to "submit to the beast" - just use it for what's convenient.
There actually is no better way for me to communicate with some groups of friends than Facebook. In a group, some people rely on txts, some on email, some on FB itself. The group can collaborate, share links and between themselves easily, and easily communicate, even if they're not friends with each other.
Of course there are other ways to do this, and in a business environment most people will all have some software to do this (likely at a price). But if I'm throwing a birthday party or getting my family together, there is no better tool than Facebook.
This is exactly why you SHOULD have a social media presence, and monitor it. If you don't have an account, your real name can be used and you can be tagged that way. If you do have an account, you can set your privacy settings so when someone tags you, no one else sees that tag.
This extends into the non-social media world too. If you have a blog or other website that you use regularly, or post with your real name on sites like this, a Google search for your name will turn them up. If you're a slashdot-style Luddite and keep every record of your existence hidden, then any asshole can write your name on a web page and suddenly that's all you're known for. It's much better to own your name and control what your employer sees than let someone else do it for you.
In the end, a company like this can only get a hold of web accessible information - i.e., information you (or someone else) puts out there.
But there are dozens of major companies out there that compile profiles on individuals based on public records, credit scores, social networking, police records, and private marketing data - you've got much more to "worry" about (if you're prone to such worrying) from them than you are from someone who's just looking at what you post publicly on Facebook.
Anyone can get an account with Lexis Nexis, among others, who compile data like this into handy little reports. The vast majority of it is public record, but anyone paranoid about something like Facebook would be scared shitless about all the information available in one place from companies like this.
Should it be illegal for me to record the plates of cars going by my house or business? Why or why not?
Oh please. Why would you carry around a Kindle and a laptop when you can do what you need to do on one tablet device (iPad or otherwise)?
I don't understand your (unfortunately common) attitude of "I don't want/like that technology, so it's necessarily stupid for all people". For 80% of my common usage, my iPad is perfect. My laptop does the jobs it does very well. And it wasn't that long ago that people said "Laptop? Why would anyone need one of those, when they're not as power/large screened/configurable as a desktop?"
People use different devices for different things. Get used to it.
Not only that, they COULD do it, and people would still buy their stuff/defend them. But they choose not to - I love that.