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If that's true, then do you have a theory for why newspapers, which have been racking their brains non-stop regarding this crisis, haven't latched onto the local-coverage solution?
Yes. Where is the value in reporting? Maybe they should be aggregating local stuff too. My recommendation to include linked transcripts would be a start. Start thinking like an information repository and less like a tabloid. What the hell does BradGelina have to do with Memphis, Tennesee anyway? The filtering they do now means that there is less, not more. Give us raw, give us unpolished. Let's see those notes the reporters used and while you're at it.
A case in point: A local doctor was falsely accused of drug dealing and distribution. The local persecutor went after him in a big way, notifying the newspapers and local news stations of the impending raid. They made a real show of it, a whole week of sensational coverage. After all, the persecutor was gonna be running again and they need access. They charged his wife with accessory charges too. He fought back hard and they would not tell his side of the story. They took all his stuff (cars, motorcycles, valuables, etc...) even though he and his wife's family had money and legitimately purchased all those items. Eventually they wore him down so much he jumped off a building after his trial was almost complete. Afterwards, his attorney polled the jury and they said the persecutor had no case and they were not looking to convict him of anything. Sad yes, but his wife's trial was no longer an issue to them, and just try finding the story where she took a plea-deal to greatly reduced charges and simple probation for an unrelated process-crime. Sometimes the follow-ups can be just as important as the initial story.
Papers are also hurting baldy from the loss of classified ads, real estate listings, and car ads, all of which are migrating to the web (i.e., craigslist).
Maybe they need to affiliate with craigslist instead.
Which actually may be a good thing. That Indian webcam parrot isn't gonna have to explain himself in the hallways, or over drinks at the local watering hole, thus can be legitimately more objective. A link to the minutes/transcript can and should be included, allowing one who wasn't there to actually review the reporting. Why don't the newspapers use those? They are public information, and adds value to the resource.
The quick and the easy = AP, Reuters
The long and difficult = Local Reportage
When the metro newspapers finally figure out that a lot of folks actually like non-national stories again, they may be able to save themselves. Uniqueness and specialization are the drivers of everything online. Just running AP feeds will NOT bring in quality revenue.
Don't laugh... OK, so I don't remember a lot of space physics from 35 years ago (been that long too) and I am not a star watcher either, but I do seem to remember something about gravitational lenses and the bending/focusing of light from large bodies in space and astronomers having to make adjustments accordingly.
What if there is another type that we haven't considered that will focus another object into a place that can only be observed under very special circumstances? Just a thought, I'll let you space-geeks argue now.
Drivers will be alerted to empty parking places either by displays on street signs, or by looking at maps on screens of their smartphones.
So let me get mind around this, California bans cellphones while behind the wheel but will possibly tie this to cellphones or even a confusing screen on your dashboard?
When will the madness end?
How many words per day do you write with "pen and paper"?
o) 0
o) 1-5 (passwords on post-it)
o) 6-20 (milk, breat, ramen, condoms, beer,...)
o) 21-200 (still in school, you insensitive...)
o) >200 (i do it for a living!)
You left off the obligatory:
o) I have Cowboy Neal do all my writing...
E.g., you may have noticed quotes from Futurama's characters before on Slashdot. I'll take a wild guess that most of those people don't actually believe that Bender or Dr Zoidberg are real.
"It seems like every three years you've got one group or another saying, the world is going to come to an end there is going to be a shortage and so on," says Vivek Wadhwa, a professor for Duke University's Master of Engineering Management Program and a former technology CEO himself. "This whole concept of shortages is bogus, it shows a lack of understanding of the labor pool in the USA."
"It seems like every three years you've got one group or another saying, the world is going to get even hotter, Antarctica is gonna melt and so on," says Vivek Wadhwa, a professor for Duke University's Master of Meteorology Management Program and a former Carbon-Credit CEO himself. "This whole concept of global warming is bogus, it shows a lack of understanding of the dynamic nature of our overall climate system."
The irony I see is that a lot of the same people who bemoan the fact that society doesn't spend enough money saving lives are the same folks who say there are too damn many people on the planet using up precious resources...
Unfortunately, Yahoo decided to recently overhaul some of
these sites and the result has been painful on non-ms browsers.
They cause pain equally. Besides totally blowing the TV listings, their my.yahoo.com webpages now are designed solely for widescreen monitors. Where it really lacks is on 800X600 and smaller.
Who needs heart rate monitoring when you have one of these All MS needs to do is hook their employees up to one of these and monitor the angle and pressure. That'll cut down on porn surfing, inter-office liasons and daydreams of Natalie Portman. That'll increase productivity alone.
Just so you know, the democrats have controlled the city of Cleveland for decades. I don't think it was a state-issue at all, especially since the Cuyahoga County Election Board was AND STILL IS incompetant. The new termers can 'investigate' all they want, but the truth is they won't find what everybody wants to paint as the reasons.
Sorry, I used to live there and still know some of those folks personally.
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If space weapons were banned, only Klingons would would have space weapons!
The television is an entertainment device,...
The television is an effective propaganda tool,...
There fixed it for you,
I JUST got that message from Amazon today:
Yes. Where is the value in reporting? Maybe they should be aggregating local stuff too. My recommendation to include linked transcripts would be a start. Start thinking like an information repository and less like a tabloid. What the hell does BradGelina have to do with Memphis, Tennesee anyway?
The filtering they do now means that there is less, not more. Give us raw, give us unpolished. Let's see those notes the reporters used and while you're at it.
A case in point: A local doctor was falsely accused of drug dealing and distribution. The local persecutor went after him in a big way, notifying the newspapers and local news stations of the impending raid. They made a real show of it, a whole week of sensational coverage. After all, the persecutor was gonna be running again and they need access. They charged his wife with accessory charges too. He fought back hard and they would not tell his side of the story. They took all his stuff (cars, motorcycles, valuables, etc...) even though he and his wife's family had money and legitimately purchased all those items.
Eventually they wore him down so much he jumped off a building after his trial was almost complete. Afterwards, his attorney polled the jury and they said the persecutor had no case and they were not looking to convict him of anything. Sad yes, but his wife's trial was no longer an issue to them, and just try finding the story where she took a plea-deal to greatly reduced charges and simple probation for an unrelated process-crime. Sometimes the follow-ups can be just as important as the initial story.
Maybe they need to affiliate with craigslist instead.
Which actually may be a good thing. That Indian webcam parrot isn't gonna have to explain himself in the hallways, or over drinks at the local watering hole, thus can be legitimately more objective.
A link to the minutes/transcript can and should be included, allowing one who wasn't there to actually review the reporting. Why don't the newspapers use those? They are public information, and adds value to the resource.
The quick and the easy = AP, Reuters
The long and difficult = Local Reportage
When the metro newspapers finally figure out that a lot of folks actually like non-national stories again, they may be able to save themselves. Uniqueness and specialization are the drivers of everything online. Just running AP feeds will NOT bring in quality revenue.
I'd like to see those numbers...
Just ask Sarah Palin! c/o gov.sarah@yahoo.com
Don't laugh... OK, so I don't remember a lot of space physics from 35 years ago (been that long too) and I am not a star watcher either, but I do seem to remember something about gravitational lenses and the bending/focusing of light from large bodies in space and astronomers having to make adjustments accordingly.
What if there is another type that we haven't considered that will focus another object into a place that can only be observed under very special circumstances? Just a thought, I'll let you space-geeks argue now.
So let me get mind around this, California bans cellphones while behind the wheel but will possibly tie this to cellphones or even a confusing screen on your dashboard?
When will the madness end?
You left off the obligatory:
o) I have Cowboy Neal do all my writing...
Johnny's dead like Nina.
Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr.[1] (October 2, 1937 - March 29, 2005) was an American lawyer perhaps best known for his leadership in the legal defense of O. J. Simpson
That's a gutsy statement on this science-laden site. Next thing you know creation science will gain credibility here on good-old
That's a safe assumption.
"It seems like every three years you've got one group or another saying, the world is going to get even hotter, Antarctica is gonna melt and so on," says Vivek Wadhwa, a professor for Duke University's Master of Meteorology Management Program and a former Carbon-Credit CEO himself. "This whole concept of global warming is bogus, it shows a lack of understanding of the dynamic nature of our overall climate system."
You still insist on calling hydro-carbons "fossil-fuels".
They cause pain equally. Besides totally blowing the TV listings, their my.yahoo.com webpages now are designed solely for widescreen monitors. Where it really lacks is on 800X600 and smaller.
I must be out of touch too...
Raising bad manners to an art form perhaps?...
If you've never seen it, Weather Underground uses Google Maps and overlays all the personal weather stations (PWS)in an area view. They even have a published iGoogle gadget.
There's already a similar patent
Who needs heart rate monitoring when you have one of these
All MS needs to do is hook their employees up to one of these and monitor the angle and pressure. That'll cut down on porn surfing, inter-office liasons and daydreams of Natalie Portman. That'll increase productivity alone.
Just so you know, the democrats have controlled the city of Cleveland for decades. I don't think it was a state-issue at all, especially since the Cuyahoga County Election Board was AND STILL IS incompetant. The new termers can 'investigate' all they want, but the truth is they won't find what everybody wants to paint as the reasons.
Sorry, I used to live there and still know some of those folks personally.
Cayahoga County???
It's really Cuyahoga County
Not that I'm a spelling nazi...
I'd at least copyright it if I were you...
Maybe his model is the (P)eee.