It's over already? Without any challenges? I thought someone said the election was rigged. Oh wait. Maybe that's only if it doesn't go your way. Whew. Dodged a bullet there.
Seriously? If you believe the Republicans and those fostering conspiracy theories: Vince Foster, Seth Rich, everyone in the Benghazi consulate, etc... Just Google: who did hillary clinton kill Of course, there's *no* proof of anything - and if she *did* do all that *and* got away with it, then she's a serious bad-ass and wouldn't we actually want her as President to go up against Putin, etc...:-)
Though Trump Entertainment Resorts was losing million, Trump personally profited during his tenure, partially thanks to a deal that had his flailing casinos buying up Trump Ice bottled water. Trump walked away having pocketed roughly $82 million during his time there.
In one instance, The Times found, Mr. Trump pulled more than $1 million from his failing public company, describing the transaction in securities filings in ways that may have been illegal, according to legal experts.
The rest of the NYT article is pretty illuminating too.
That you elected a lying bitch instead of a lying asshole?
That you elected someone who has no real accomplishments because the other guy has no real accomplishments?
Well. Some accomplishments. Electing someone smart enough to (apparently) get away with killing bunches of people and lots of other illegal stuff over 30 years vs. someone who managed to somehow bankrupt a casino -- even after getting loans from his father and not paying people for all the work they did. Someone smart vs. someone stupid. Someone inclusive vs. someone divisive. Hmm...:-)
It's worse - natural diamonds have imperfections and impurities. So synthetic diamonds are, by any measure, better.
On the other hand, imperfections and impurities make them unique, some impurities give them color -- but "synthetic" (man-made) could be doped too. Those things can make "natural" (or mined) diamonds "better" in another sense.
Both Kristian Saucier and Hillary Clinton were federally investigated over alleged mishandling of classified information: Saucier was charged and sentenced to prison, while Clinton was controversially not indicted by the DOJ after a lengthy investigation. Shipmates of Saucier and some members of the public have contrasted the cases to suggest that Saucier faced harsher penalties for a lesser offense, but intent was the core of the FBI's recommendation not to indict Clinton, while several witnesses testified that Saucier was fully aware his actions were prohibited.
Saucier's investigation and subsequent conviction were far less complex that that of Clinton's use of private e-mail, and his lawyers suggested the decision not to indict her led to a lighter sentence their client received in his case.
As for:
I'm sympathetic to arguments that classified rules are too strict, but Hillary shouldn't get special treatment. Elites getting special treatment is how we get unfair rules in the first place.
Clinton wasn't an "elite" but Secretary of State, an appointed and confirmed position that is quite different from a sailor. Different treatment isn't necessarily "special" treatment, however unfair it may *seem*.
Information can be classified retroactively, which means that it would be okay to exist on non-classified (connected) systems prior to that. In addition, separate pieces of information may not be classified when taken separately, but are classified when (or after being) put together. AmiMoJo is correct, it's not as cut and dry and or as inflexible as you and other think.
Kaine will become president in a year or two, if Nixon's career is any guide.
Nixon was impeached for something he did while President. I'm not sure Hillary could be impeached for something she did prior to taking office, especially for the things the Republicans have been frothing about over the years (as they couldn't make anything stick even then).
And have what are essentially slaves to dig up new ones.
Perhaps synthetic diamonds should be marketed as "cruelty-free diamonds". As far as synthetic vs. natural -- if it's made up of carbon atoms arranged in a face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice (to paraphrase Wikipedia), it's a fucking diamond. All the work of digging up "natural" stones, etc... doesn't make them better, just more expensive. Of course, I'm sure The Diamond Industry will disagree (and have me killed).:-)
B) Where is any information on this web based export? All I can find is some references to using the old TiVO Desktop software which is horrendous and painful if you do this very often and is still subject to the same CCI restrictions as MythTV would be.
I think the Tivo Desktop software has been discontinued. You can get to your recorded shows by hitting the embedded web server at "https://xx.xx.xx.xx//" and using the username "tivo" and your Media Access Key (obtained from the console) as the password. Recorded programs can be downloaded as MPEG files. There may be other ways to stream to your phone/tablet using the app, but I haven't looked into it.
F) $150/yr for guide data is ridiculous. The TCO on this product is horrible. The upfront costs may be slightly less than my MythTV setup but I've had the same HDHR Prime MythTV setup for going on 6 years now, with no signs of it stopping so that would be $850 so far just in fees, plus the original hardware purchase.
The $150 also include software updates and a HW service plan (of sorts). I agree it's pricey for guide data, vs. the $25/year from Schedules Direct. You can buy the Tivo with a lifetime subscription that lasts the life of the hardware and this would be cheaper in the long run -- assuming your system doesn't die early:-) You don't have to make that decision up-front but can wait until your first renewal date.
There is no doubt that the TiVO is better than the cable company DVR systems, those are really terrible. What I asked for though was someone to show something better than MythTV since the GP was basically making the argument MythTV was useless anyway. I don't think that's been done yet.
The Tivo is an excellent turn-key system that works with little fuss. In some ways it is better than MythTV - the interface is even simpler than MythTV's, the box is super small and quiet (especially the BOLT), the remote is both RF (for the Tivo) and IR and can also control your A/V tuner, displayed TV show / movie box graphics are nice, etc... There's a really nice remote w/slide-out keyboard available. I too ran my MythTV system for many years w/o major issues, but I'm a Unix/Linux admin and system programmer:-) and was just using analog tuners w/o cable cards. I've read a LOT of reports from people that have tried to use CC's with MythTV and while they've been successful with the system, working with their cable co can be a huge pain in the ass. I just didn't want to fuck with it anymore. My understanding is that some cable co's, like Verizon/FiOS leave the CCI bit to Copy Freely on (almost) everything (others always use Copy None everywhere and Cox is in-between and inconsistent). I had Verizon I would have looked into upgrading my MythTV system for sure.
Traditionally the Republicans have been OK with it because it served the interests of corporations and big agriculture by pushing down labor costs and helping profitability.
Although, that's perhaps a little short-sighted as is also pushes down wages, lowering the buying power of the very people who would buy their goods and services. At some point the rich might realize that the poor can't just eat cake, but that didn't turn out so well for the French aristocracy. (and, yes, I know the cake story isn't 100% accurate, but am using it anyway)
What hardware systems are as capable as MythTV and as cost effective (ongoing subscription costs)? Even just for TV DVR capability, which is all I use Myth for, I haven't found one yet.
I built a MythTV system, with two analog tuners, in Jan 2007 and used it until April of 2016 when I switched to a Tivo BOLT. My local cable provider Cox was going "all digital" and I wasn't confident about being able to use a Silicon Dust HDHomeRun PRIME reliably. Cox apparently varies its enforcement of the CCI bit -- different settings in different markets -- and is fickle about even maintaining those settings in each market, and I didn't want to have to screw around with it and them.
As for a Tivo BOLT vs. MythTV WRT your requirements:
Requirements:
A) Cable card support
The Tivo BOLT supports one card, 4 streams. Another Tivo device supports 2 cards, 6 streams.
B) Ability to save and edit recordings (exportable, DRM free recordings)
The Tivo supports saving through a web interface.
C) Automatic commercial skip (this works incredibly well on MythTV)
The Tivo has commercial skip available for a lot of channels and shows (generated by their staff on their servers), but usually only during prime time, and it works pretty well.
D) Ability to schedule recordings over a web interface
Nope. But, Tivo has an Andriod and iOS app that works through over the LAN and/or cloud -- not sure of the breakdown.
Personally, I would *really* like to have this functionality back. I used the MythWeb plugin a LOT and even wrote a Perl script to generate a 6-hour static programming schedule grid (with clickable links) updated every hour via cron. Our local paper use to print a "green sheet" (called that 'cause it was green) with the week's programming laid out in a grid and it was pretty handy. My script generated something like this.
E) All of the standard DVR features
Yup.
The BOLT cost me $400 with a 1 TB HD and included the first year of service (as with all Tivos). There are system with more/less available and you can add an external, but there are caveats. Continuing service is $150/year. All in all, I think my MythTV system was more capable -- and could be used for other things! -- , but the Tivo system is less hassle. I would actually recommend it -- especially over what Cox and, presumably, other cable companies offer.
Many of these voter-suppression measures have become law despite clear evidence that voter fraud is practically nonexistent.
Recently, though, a fraud case did arise — though it wasn’t exactly the kind that Republicans have so loudly warned about.
Last week, around the time when Donald J. Trump was in Iowa, the Des Moines police arrested a resident named Terri Lynn Rote on suspicion of voter fraud, a Class D felony in Iowa. Apparently persuaded by Mr. Trump’s rhetoric that the “system is rigged,” Ms. Rote, the police said, cast ballots for Mr. Trump at two early voting sites.
In Florida, another crucial swing state where Mr. Trump has fumed about a vast conspiracy to rig the election against him, a poll worker in Miami, Gladys Coego, was accused of illegally marking ballots on behalf of a Republican mayoral candidate. She has also been arrested.
Apparently, NC has been trying especially hard to suppress Democratic voters:
Unfortunately, early voting in North Carolina has already demonstrated the need for greater voter-protection efforts. When the Fourth Circuit’s ruling late last summer required restoration of early voting hours, the chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, Dallas Woodhouse, sent a memo instructing Republican members of local election boards to make “party line” decisions in early voting plans. These orders were sent — and to a large degree carried out — despite the court’s statement that using race as a proxy for party “constitutes discriminatory purpose.”
Trump media and doubles down on the loose talk and continual lies.
What bothers me even more is that he genuinely doesn't seem to care about the truth - any truth. Or, perhaps he doesn't understand that "truth" is something that actually exists. Does than make him sociopath or psychopath (or both)? [genuinely asking] (Oh, and he seriously doesn't understand how video tape works.)
Trump was denounced repeatedly for “lying” and at times the apparently more egregious “bald faced lying.” But that is not a sufficient description. Neither was the charge by the philosopher Harry Frankfurt that Trump was in fact a master of “bullshit,” which is distinct from lying in that the speaker is not just communicating information he knows to be false, but is unconstrained by any consideration of what may or may not be true.
Which was also noted as not actually going far enough.
Ah yes, because profit margins were somehow not wide enough for the company who accumulated cash holdings in excess of $150 billion within the last few years.
Never underestimate the desire for rich people to be more rich and/or companies to make even more money.
There is a simple explanation that Schiller would probably not want to offer. Removing the SD hardware saves Apple a nickle (or whatever) while still allowing them to charge even more for the newer, less expansively capable, systems.
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It's over already? Without any challenges? I thought someone said the election was rigged. Oh wait. Maybe that's only if it doesn't go your way. Whew. Dodged a bullet there.
Remind me why I should participate in this society again?
Can't speak to that in general, but more specifically:
(Just my $0.02)
I need to see more than this article to convince me this works.
And convincing you is important why? 'Cause if you're the one that needs to be convinced, why aren't they consulting you?
[ Not trying to be a dick, just asking for those people working on this at NASA, who have PhDs, experience and stuff. ]
Wait. Who did she kill?
Seriously? If you believe the Republicans and those fostering conspiracy theories: Vince Foster, Seth Rich, everyone in the Benghazi consulate, etc... Just Google: who did hillary clinton kill Of course, there's *no* proof of anything - and if she *did* do all that *and* got away with it, then she's a serious bad-ass and wouldn't we actually want her as President to go up against Putin, etc... :-)
Conspiracy Theorists Won't Stop Accusing The Clintons Of Murder
In Trump's defense, Atlantic City is failing as a whole and dumping his casino was the best thing he could have done.
Sure. Although I'm not that covers it. From: A Look Inside Donald Trump’s Failed Taj Mahal Casino:
Though Trump Entertainment Resorts was losing million, Trump personally profited during his tenure, partially thanks to a deal that had his flailing casinos buying up Trump Ice bottled water. Trump walked away having pocketed roughly $82 million during his time there.
And: How Donald Trump Bankrupted His Atlantic City Casinos, but Still Earned Millions:
In one instance, The Times found, Mr. Trump pulled more than $1 million from his failing public company, describing the transaction in securities filings in ways that may have been illegal, according to legal experts.
The rest of the NYT article is pretty illuminating too.
The point is that Trump's supporters have no solid evidence that there was not enough time to review the emails.
You used the words "Trump supporters" and "solid evidence" in the same sentence -- funny. :-)
That you elected a lying bitch instead of a lying asshole?
That you elected someone who has no real accomplishments because the other guy has no real accomplishments?
Well. Some accomplishments. Electing someone smart enough to (apparently) get away with killing bunches of people and lots of other illegal stuff over 30 years vs. someone who managed to somehow bankrupt a casino -- even after getting loans from his father and not paying people for all the work they did. Someone smart vs. someone stupid. Someone inclusive vs. someone divisive. Hmm... :-)
It's worse - natural diamonds have imperfections and impurities. So synthetic diamonds are, by any measure, better.
On the other hand, imperfections and impurities make them unique, some impurities give them color -- but "synthetic" (man-made) could be doped too. Those things can make "natural" (or mined) diamonds "better" in another sense.
Kristian Saucier went to jail for much less than that: taking selfies in a restricted area. Didn't even send them to anyone.
From http://www.snopes.com/kristian... (at end of article):
Both Kristian Saucier and Hillary Clinton were federally investigated over alleged mishandling of classified information: Saucier was charged and sentenced to prison, while Clinton was controversially not indicted by the DOJ after a lengthy investigation. Shipmates of Saucier and some members of the public have contrasted the cases to suggest that Saucier faced harsher penalties for a lesser offense, but intent was the core of the FBI's recommendation not to indict Clinton, while several witnesses testified that Saucier was fully aware his actions were prohibited.
Saucier's investigation and subsequent conviction were far less complex that that of Clinton's use of private e-mail, and his lawyers suggested the decision not to indict her led to a lighter sentence their client received in his case.
As for:
I'm sympathetic to arguments that classified rules are too strict, but Hillary shouldn't get special treatment. Elites getting special treatment is how we get unfair rules in the first place.
Clinton wasn't an "elite" but Secretary of State, an appointed and confirmed position that is quite different from a sailor. Different treatment isn't necessarily "special" treatment, however unfair it may *seem*.
... and that different treatment applied to her.
As Secretary of State. And, yes, that's how things work.
Information can be classified retroactively, which means that it would be okay to exist on non-classified (connected) systems prior to that. In addition, separate pieces of information may not be classified when taken separately, but are classified when (or after being) put together. AmiMoJo is correct, it's not as cut and dry and or as inflexible as you and other think.
Kaine will become president in a year or two, if Nixon's career is any guide.
Nixon was impeached for something he did while President. I'm not sure Hillary could be impeached for something she did prior to taking office, especially for the things the Republicans have been frothing about over the years (as they couldn't make anything stick even then).
And have what are essentially slaves to dig up new ones.
Perhaps synthetic diamonds should be marketed as "cruelty-free diamonds". As far as synthetic vs. natural -- if it's made up of carbon atoms arranged in a face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice (to paraphrase Wikipedia), it's a fucking diamond. All the work of digging up "natural" stones, etc ... doesn't make them better, just more expensive. Of course, I'm sure The Diamond Industry will disagree (and have me killed). :-)
B) Where is any information on this web based export? All I can find is some references to using the old TiVO Desktop software which is horrendous and painful if you do this very often and is still subject to the same CCI restrictions as MythTV would be.
I think the Tivo Desktop software has been discontinued. You can get to your recorded shows by hitting the embedded web server at "https://xx.xx.xx.xx//" and using the username "tivo" and your Media Access Key (obtained from the console) as the password. Recorded programs can be downloaded as MPEG files. There may be other ways to stream to your phone/tablet using the app, but I haven't looked into it.
F) $150/yr for guide data is ridiculous. The TCO on this product is horrible. The upfront costs may be slightly less than my MythTV setup but I've had the same HDHR Prime MythTV setup for going on 6 years now, with no signs of it stopping so that would be $850 so far just in fees, plus the original hardware purchase.
The $150 also include software updates and a HW service plan (of sorts). I agree it's pricey for guide data, vs. the $25/year from Schedules Direct. You can buy the Tivo with a lifetime subscription that lasts the life of the hardware and this would be cheaper in the long run -- assuming your system doesn't die early :-) You don't have to make that decision up-front but can wait until your first renewal date.
There is no doubt that the TiVO is better than the cable company DVR systems, those are really terrible. What I asked for though was someone to show something better than MythTV since the GP was basically making the argument MythTV was useless anyway. I don't think that's been done yet.
The Tivo is an excellent turn-key system that works with little fuss. In some ways it is better than MythTV - the interface is even simpler than MythTV's, the box is super small and quiet (especially the BOLT), the remote is both RF (for the Tivo) and IR and can also control your A/V tuner, displayed TV show / movie box graphics are nice, etc... There's a really nice remote w/slide-out keyboard available. I too ran my MythTV system for many years w/o major issues, but I'm a Unix/Linux admin and system programmer :-) and was just using analog tuners w/o cable cards. I've read a LOT of reports from people that have tried to use CC's with MythTV and while they've been successful with the system, working with their cable co can be a huge pain in the ass. I just didn't want to fuck with it anymore. My understanding is that some cable co's, like Verizon/FiOS leave the CCI bit to Copy Freely on (almost) everything (others always use Copy None everywhere and Cox is in-between and inconsistent). I had Verizon I would have looked into upgrading my MythTV system for sure.
Traditionally the Republicans have been OK with it because it served the interests of corporations and big agriculture by pushing down labor costs and helping profitability.
Although, that's perhaps a little short-sighted as is also pushes down wages, lowering the buying power of the very people who would buy their goods and services. At some point the rich might realize that the poor can't just eat cake, but that didn't turn out so well for the French aristocracy. (and, yes, I know the cake story isn't 100% accurate, but am using it anyway)
What hardware systems are as capable as MythTV and as cost effective (ongoing subscription costs)? Even just for TV DVR capability, which is all I use Myth for, I haven't found one yet.
I built a MythTV system, with two analog tuners, in Jan 2007 and used it until April of 2016 when I switched to a Tivo BOLT. My local cable provider Cox was going "all digital" and I wasn't confident about being able to use a Silicon Dust HDHomeRun PRIME reliably. Cox apparently varies its enforcement of the CCI bit -- different settings in different markets -- and is fickle about even maintaining those settings in each market, and I didn't want to have to screw around with it and them.
As for a Tivo BOLT vs. MythTV WRT your requirements:
Requirements:
A) Cable card support
B) Ability to save and edit recordings (exportable, DRM free recordings)
C) Automatic commercial skip (this works incredibly well on MythTV)
D) Ability to schedule recordings over a web interface
E) All of the standard DVR features
The BOLT cost me $400 with a 1 TB HD and included the first year of service (as with all Tivos). There are system with more/less available and you can add an external, but there are caveats. Continuing service is $150/year. All in all, I think my MythTV system was more capable -- and could be used for other things! -- , but the Tivo system is less hassle. I would actually recommend it -- especially over what Cox and, presumably, other cable companies offer.
All but two U.S. states have accepted help from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
I would much rather have someone that I trust helping than the D.H.S.
Just be thankful we're not getting the help from the TSA.
In N.C. the feds struck down our law to require ID because it discriminated against those wanting to commit voter fraud.
So far, it looks like the only ones committing voter fraud are Republicans. From: Republicans and the Myth of Election Fraud
Many of these voter-suppression measures have become law despite clear evidence that voter fraud is practically nonexistent.
Recently, though, a fraud case did arise — though it wasn’t exactly the kind that Republicans have so loudly warned about.
Last week, around the time when Donald J. Trump was in Iowa, the Des Moines police arrested a resident named Terri Lynn Rote on suspicion of voter fraud, a Class D felony in Iowa. Apparently persuaded by Mr. Trump’s rhetoric that the “system is rigged,” Ms. Rote, the police said, cast ballots for Mr. Trump at two early voting sites.
In Florida, another crucial swing state where Mr. Trump has fumed about a vast conspiracy to rig the election against him, a poll worker in Miami, Gladys Coego, was accused of illegally marking ballots on behalf of a Republican mayoral candidate. She has also been arrested.
Apparently, NC has been trying especially hard to suppress Democratic voters:
Unfortunately, early voting in North Carolina has already demonstrated the need for greater voter-protection efforts. When the Fourth Circuit’s ruling late last summer required restoration of early voting hours, the chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, Dallas Woodhouse, sent a memo instructing Republican members of local election boards to make “party line” decisions in early voting plans. These orders were sent — and to a large degree carried out — despite the court’s statement that using race as a proxy for party “constitutes discriminatory purpose.”
Trump media and doubles down on the loose talk and continual lies.
What bothers me even more is that he genuinely doesn't seem to care about the truth - any truth. Or, perhaps he doesn't understand that "truth" is something that actually exists. Does than make him sociopath or psychopath (or both)? [genuinely asking] (Oh, and he seriously doesn't understand how video tape works.)
Following up for the thin-skinned moderators who modded this "troll". From Beyond Lying: Donald Trump’s Authoritarian Reality:
Trump was denounced repeatedly for “lying” and at times the apparently more egregious “bald faced lying.” But that is not a sufficient description. Neither was the charge by the philosopher Harry Frankfurt that Trump was in fact a master of “bullshit,” which is distinct from lying in that the speaker is not just communicating information he knows to be false, but is unconstrained by any consideration of what may or may not be true.
Which was also noted as not actually going far enough.
Yeah, but the sewage is gone... Isn't that a good thing? Besides we can also extract the water.
Well... not gone:
... produce 30 million barrels of biocrude oil per year from the 34 billion gallons of raw sewage ...
30 million from 34 billion leaves a LOT of other stuff left over. Sure, some, maybe much, of that is water, but the rest? TFA doesn't say.
Where do I point my telescope?
Paris Climate Change Agreement
Do they really need everyone else to help handle climate change in Paris. It's just one city.
Ah yes, because profit margins were somehow not wide enough for the company who accumulated cash holdings in excess of $150 billion within the last few years.
Never underestimate the desire for rich people to be more rich and/or companies to make even more money.
I think the Subject just about covers it.
There is a simple explanation that Schiller would probably not want to offer. Removing the SD hardware saves Apple a nickle (or whatever) while still allowing them to charge even more for the newer, less expansively capable, systems.