yes but we can identify the Brits. Our oligarchs own the media, dictate mainstream media, and are working on net censorship. (It will be hidden as tiered service). What is more is that the oligarchs have a massive propaganda effort to convince those most impacted by their ownership interests that they too want the same things even if the real interest is diametrically opposed.
I recall seeing Bush Jr. on c-span speak to a West Va union. The union guys loved him but if anyone had really understood union history and the Republican party they'd have hung him from the rafters.
At this point, both parties are owned lock stock and barrel. It is almost inconceivable that any law passed would benefit actual people, except incidentally. The Oligarchs wanted that tax break, worth about 100k each to the upper 1%. Even though it kills the deficit, it was OK-a few unemployed got a bone, but the oligarchs got the one thing they really wanted, and that out of a majority Dem Govt.
It would be nice to identify the perpetrators. The guys at the private health insurance company I have a "choice" of who jacked rates 60% just before NY State began regulation would be a good start. Sadly they don't stand out.
Yes, but DIVX died because there was an alternative. Note how your HD stuff has been locked down-there is no reason there is no real consumer video recorders (not tethered to a provider) except that the content providers got the brainstorm to patent the HDMI and its evil twin HDCP. You can't make a video recorder with HDMI, as you'll run afowl of the patent. If you want to build a gadget with HDMI you have to follow the rules of the licence holders....
They learned from DIVX. Busting net neutrality will result in censorship by economics, at least here in the US, and bring the much loved cable tv pricing practices to the web.
Recall that for most folks in the US, you have exactly ONE net provider in your area.
Please. It's not even like they are a majority. They just have party cohesion which the Democrats lack. Indeed, with all three parts of the government, they STILL kowtowed to the Republicans, but really, as the Dems are also feeding at the same trough, there is little difference. The Dems don't apoligize to BP for inconveniencing them, like the Repubs, but it's still close.
Please note that our system totally favors a TWO party system. Requirements to get on ballots are written so that only two majors can really field a candidate. Smaller parties are usually co opted to one "line" or the "other". Even Ross Perot found this to be a huge stumbling block. At the end, the Republicrats magnanimously "agreed to waive any challenges" to the Perot candidacy. Both parties realized that this could have morphed into a "why is a third party so hard to do" (and probably figured he'd hurt the other side) conversation so they turned the discussion onto Perot and away from the system.
No water for Perot, but he is a great example of a person with the ability and wealth to pose a serious effort. He was "rejected" from the body politic like a bacteria.
Meanwhile, your third party candidate won't easily get on any ballot here in NY, and I'm sure that applies not only in the EasternUrbanIntellectualNorthEastVeryBlueState but also in DownHomeMiddleOfTheNationPatrioticVeryRedState too. The lack of a real choice is nationwide.
The Tea Party, by nominally siding with the Repub side, missed this huge set of rocks in the river. They may come under that umbrella but if the co opt efforts from the owners of the current R Party don't work, they might be tossed out into the wilderness of election law.
john boehner knows this. Again, though, our overlords have their own retirement and health insurance systems, so they don't need to be scanned like us. Untermenschen do what we are told.
I got a taste of this when I went looking online for vacations. I saw "club med" ads on every page I went to for a good two weeks. It got really creepy after a while.
I went away but NOT to Club Med.
I miss the "real" asteroids, the one with the x-y monitor that no longer exists. There was also a fantastic version for Mac back in the System 6 and 7 era, a shareware whose name escapes me.
The various versions of Asteroids which were licensed made a simple game overcomplicated.
Is there any version of Asteriods worth playing in OSX land ? I wasted a lot of quarters back in the day.....
Totally. "Congresscritter Smithers brings 300 bona fide JOBS with benefits to town" makes it tough for any challenger. Even if the project is a waste for other reasons.
We need a reliable shuttle replacement. Keep in mind that there are really big satellites that are not, er, commercial and they need service and replacement. The shuttle is like an old car, its really expensive to keep running and it might be time to start over. (end oblig.car analogy)
As a ham op, I question any need for digital modulation on the FM repeater bands. Public Safety needs digital because of congestion, and second for security. Hams are not exactly overrunning VHF/UHF bands, and security is a non issue for hams.
Digital modes on HF make more sense, as they can work with very weak signal strengths, and they are usually open source. The same reasons don't work with digital VHF, most of which is point to point communications with repeaters mounted on high.
I see no need to buy any digital equipment for VHF use. FM works just fine for typical repeater use.
Once upon a time, movie studios made movies. People had to go to a movie theater to see those movies. The great grandfathers of the current RIAA thought it great to have a system where the studios owned the movies and the theaters. This was good as there was no issue of splitting receipts with the movie house or worrying about that movie house showing someone else's movies (film being open source). At some point, the movie makers were forced to sell off the "tied houses" and since then, there has been an ongoing battle between those making the movies and those showing them.
The other idea from back then is the concept of pay per play. Easy to do with a nickelodeon, and the long, long term goal of all the new technology introduced by our phrends at RIAA/MPAA. (Readup on the lockdowns on your HDMI system)
This merger proposal is zero new. The reasons have not changed. It is still bad for the consumer. What has changed is the fact that the consumer is now second to the corporation in this nation, and that is a truly sad fact.
At least I live in a location where I have a choice of Sat, Cable, and OTA for TV and cable or fiber for broadband. I understand many have no choice.
How much does it cost to buy a congresscritter. I've a few laws I'd like passed.
The whole idea of "unlimited" was to see how folks in the real world would use the system. Now that there are a few years of data collected, they will cut the pie into the most profitable tranches, and charge accordingly. Think airline tickets, where the business traveler paid 4x what you paid because you booked last year.
Do you think AT & T and Verizon ever play a round of golf together to discuss these things...naah.
So you have some friends over...to watch the game. The droning gets annoying. You turn on some music and talk while the game plays. Cut to ads. No one hears them.
Advertisers call and complain that plastic horns are killing their massive media buy.....
:NY DMA.
Digital is great ! I went from 15 or so analog to over 35 digital channels-a neighbor, who went the no $ $40 converter box route is also delighted. We homebrewed an antenna in about 30 minutes and he has about 15 channels with a bowtie in the attic.
The picture looks way better than the cable compressed signal. I don't pay my sat company for local channels, either. I get two channels of PBS, which is nice.
My Sony HDD 250 makes it all wonderful ! (out of production, sadly).
I did this geek style, but my neighbor used a $40 converter box and a homebrew antenna and he too is very happy-so his cost was $40 for the transition and 45 minutes for us to build the antenna.
I cannot believe that anyone retails without some markup...how do you expect to get the product sold ? If it is not a 'company store', then the light bill has to be paid. Even fanbois need to eat.
I see the Atom netbooks on a few websites for $250. If you need "web" and basic word processing that will do. This isn't too much hustling, and even at a minimum wage job you can buy that netbook. It is also only getting cheaper....
No, it's not a shiny whiz-bang MacBook, but I note that (oblig slash car analogy) a Honda Fit will get you everywhere a BMW M Class will go.
Thank you ! It may be recalled that the first set of cell phones were analog. One conversation per pair of wireless channels. This limited use...does anyone recall $1 a minute ? Roaming fees ? I made a three and a half minute phone call from the NY Thruway near Albany and the call to NYC cost close to $25...I was 'roaming'.
Phones went digital (and became mass market, not status) because the spread spectrum allowed many more users per given frequency or band of allocated frequencies. Lower power needs also made batteries last longer. Security was not the reason.
What has happened here is that AT and T has begun to learn usage patterns, and much like airlines, will figure a way to make you pay through the nose. Add some credit card company style "gotchas !" and the marketing is complete.
I'd be feeling really fooled right now if I bought an Ipad with 3G. I had AT and T a while ago. It worked in a few places. I borrowed a Verizon phone. It DIDN'T work in a few places. I've never looked back.
I have Apples and like them, but the whole iPhone/AT&T thing has been an "avoid".
I don't know how anyone gets content. All of my consumer electronics are full of buggy-ass DRM schemes, where it takes two minutes for some Blu Rays to load, and a good 15 seconds for my amplifier to recognize the TV and input device.
You mean that even with all of this lockdown in my consumer electronics, someone manages to rip the film free of DRM ? I don't believe this for a second.
Know where I can get that DRM free version ? Sounds less buggy than the legal netflix version.
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yes but we can identify the Brits. Our oligarchs own the media, dictate mainstream media, and are working on net censorship. (It will be hidden as tiered service). What is more is that the oligarchs have a massive propaganda effort to convince those most impacted by their ownership interests that they too want the same things even if the real interest is diametrically opposed. I recall seeing Bush Jr. on c-span speak to a West Va union. The union guys loved him but if anyone had really understood union history and the Republican party they'd have hung him from the rafters. At this point, both parties are owned lock stock and barrel. It is almost inconceivable that any law passed would benefit actual people, except incidentally. The Oligarchs wanted that tax break, worth about 100k each to the upper 1%. Even though it kills the deficit, it was OK-a few unemployed got a bone, but the oligarchs got the one thing they really wanted, and that out of a majority Dem Govt. It would be nice to identify the perpetrators. The guys at the private health insurance company I have a "choice" of who jacked rates 60% just before NY State began regulation would be a good start. Sadly they don't stand out.
Yes, but DIVX died because there was an alternative. Note how your HD stuff has been locked down-there is no reason there is no real consumer video recorders (not tethered to a provider) except that the content providers got the brainstorm to patent the HDMI and its evil twin HDCP. You can't make a video recorder with HDMI, as you'll run afowl of the patent. If you want to build a gadget with HDMI you have to follow the rules of the licence holders.... They learned from DIVX. Busting net neutrality will result in censorship by economics, at least here in the US, and bring the much loved cable tv pricing practices to the web. Recall that for most folks in the US, you have exactly ONE net provider in your area.
Please. It's not even like they are a majority. They just have party cohesion which the Democrats lack. Indeed, with all three parts of the government, they STILL kowtowed to the Republicans, but really, as the Dems are also feeding at the same trough, there is little difference. The Dems don't apoligize to BP for inconveniencing them, like the Repubs, but it's still close.
Go to England. You'll learn about Nelson.
Please note that our system totally favors a TWO party system. Requirements to get on ballots are written so that only two majors can really field a candidate. Smaller parties are usually co opted to one "line" or the "other". Even Ross Perot found this to be a huge stumbling block. At the end, the Republicrats magnanimously "agreed to waive any challenges" to the Perot candidacy. Both parties realized that this could have morphed into a "why is a third party so hard to do" (and probably figured he'd hurt the other side) conversation so they turned the discussion onto Perot and away from the system. No water for Perot, but he is a great example of a person with the ability and wealth to pose a serious effort. He was "rejected" from the body politic like a bacteria. Meanwhile, your third party candidate won't easily get on any ballot here in NY, and I'm sure that applies not only in the EasternUrbanIntellectualNorthEastVeryBlueState but also in DownHomeMiddleOfTheNationPatrioticVeryRedState too. The lack of a real choice is nationwide. The Tea Party, by nominally siding with the Repub side, missed this huge set of rocks in the river. They may come under that umbrella but if the co opt efforts from the owners of the current R Party don't work, they might be tossed out into the wilderness of election law.
john boehner knows this. Again, though, our overlords have their own retirement and health insurance systems, so they don't need to be scanned like us. Untermenschen do what we are told.
This is slashdot...he hasn't. Just read the wikipedia entry on it.
I got a taste of this when I went looking online for vacations. I saw "club med" ads on every page I went to for a good two weeks. It got really creepy after a while. I went away but NOT to Club Med.
Mussst buy ipad......mussst buy ipad......
I figured they stole the design from the Intrepid Museum-the Submarine Growler has a first gen analog cruise missle right there in the harbor.
I miss the "real" asteroids, the one with the x-y monitor that no longer exists. There was also a fantastic version for Mac back in the System 6 and 7 era, a shareware whose name escapes me. The various versions of Asteroids which were licensed made a simple game overcomplicated. Is there any version of Asteriods worth playing in OSX land ? I wasted a lot of quarters back in the day.....
Now all they need to do is stonewall claims until the claimants give up.
Film at eleven. Twas ever thus...
Totally. "Congresscritter Smithers brings 300 bona fide JOBS with benefits to town" makes it tough for any challenger. Even if the project is a waste for other reasons. We need a reliable shuttle replacement. Keep in mind that there are really big satellites that are not, er, commercial and they need service and replacement. The shuttle is like an old car, its really expensive to keep running and it might be time to start over. (end oblig.car analogy)
You must be new here.....
As a ham op, I question any need for digital modulation on the FM repeater bands. Public Safety needs digital because of congestion, and second for security. Hams are not exactly overrunning VHF/UHF bands, and security is a non issue for hams. Digital modes on HF make more sense, as they can work with very weak signal strengths, and they are usually open source. The same reasons don't work with digital VHF, most of which is point to point communications with repeaters mounted on high. I see no need to buy any digital equipment for VHF use. FM works just fine for typical repeater use.
Once upon a time, movie studios made movies. People had to go to a movie theater to see those movies. The great grandfathers of the current RIAA thought it great to have a system where the studios owned the movies and the theaters. This was good as there was no issue of splitting receipts with the movie house or worrying about that movie house showing someone else's movies (film being open source). At some point, the movie makers were forced to sell off the "tied houses" and since then, there has been an ongoing battle between those making the movies and those showing them. The other idea from back then is the concept of pay per play. Easy to do with a nickelodeon, and the long, long term goal of all the new technology introduced by our phrends at RIAA/MPAA. (Readup on the lockdowns on your HDMI system) This merger proposal is zero new. The reasons have not changed. It is still bad for the consumer. What has changed is the fact that the consumer is now second to the corporation in this nation, and that is a truly sad fact. At least I live in a location where I have a choice of Sat, Cable, and OTA for TV and cable or fiber for broadband. I understand many have no choice. How much does it cost to buy a congresscritter. I've a few laws I'd like passed.
I had relatives on the "wrong" side of the wall. Things there didn't work out too well either.
The whole idea of "unlimited" was to see how folks in the real world would use the system. Now that there are a few years of data collected, they will cut the pie into the most profitable tranches, and charge accordingly. Think airline tickets, where the business traveler paid 4x what you paid because you booked last year. Do you think AT & T and Verizon ever play a round of golf together to discuss these things...naah.
So you have some friends over...to watch the game. The droning gets annoying. You turn on some music and talk while the game plays. Cut to ads. No one hears them. Advertisers call and complain that plastic horns are killing their massive media buy.....
:NY DMA. Digital is great ! I went from 15 or so analog to over 35 digital channels-a neighbor, who went the no $ $40 converter box route is also delighted. We homebrewed an antenna in about 30 minutes and he has about 15 channels with a bowtie in the attic. The picture looks way better than the cable compressed signal. I don't pay my sat company for local channels, either. I get two channels of PBS, which is nice. My Sony HDD 250 makes it all wonderful ! (out of production, sadly). I did this geek style, but my neighbor used a $40 converter box and a homebrew antenna and he too is very happy-so his cost was $40 for the transition and 45 minutes for us to build the antenna.
I cannot believe that anyone retails without some markup...how do you expect to get the product sold ? If it is not a 'company store', then the light bill has to be paid. Even fanbois need to eat.
I see the Atom netbooks on a few websites for $250. If you need "web" and basic word processing that will do. This isn't too much hustling, and even at a minimum wage job you can buy that netbook. It is also only getting cheaper.... No, it's not a shiny whiz-bang MacBook, but I note that (oblig slash car analogy) a Honda Fit will get you everywhere a BMW M Class will go.
Thank you ! It may be recalled that the first set of cell phones were analog. One conversation per pair of wireless channels. This limited use...does anyone recall $1 a minute ? Roaming fees ? I made a three and a half minute phone call from the NY Thruway near Albany and the call to NYC cost close to $25...I was 'roaming'. Phones went digital (and became mass market, not status) because the spread spectrum allowed many more users per given frequency or band of allocated frequencies. Lower power needs also made batteries last longer. Security was not the reason. What has happened here is that AT and T has begun to learn usage patterns, and much like airlines, will figure a way to make you pay through the nose. Add some credit card company style "gotchas !" and the marketing is complete. I'd be feeling really fooled right now if I bought an Ipad with 3G. I had AT and T a while ago. It worked in a few places. I borrowed a Verizon phone. It DIDN'T work in a few places. I've never looked back. I have Apples and like them, but the whole iPhone/AT&T thing has been an "avoid".
I don't know how anyone gets content. All of my consumer electronics are full of buggy-ass DRM schemes, where it takes two minutes for some Blu Rays to load, and a good 15 seconds for my amplifier to recognize the TV and input device. You mean that even with all of this lockdown in my consumer electronics, someone manages to rip the film free of DRM ? I don't believe this for a second. Know where I can get that DRM free version ? Sounds less buggy than the legal netflix version.