Dan Rather stands behind every story on his reports, even if the documents he bases them on are forgeries!
ABC stands behind their exploding pickup truck story, even though they had to put model rocket igniters in the gas tank to blue up the pickup truck for their story.
Andrea Mitchell will argue till the cows come home that she only edited the George Zimmerman 911 call to make his perfectly innocent answers to the questions he was asked by the operator for 'clarity', despite completely re-arranging the sequence of the statements.
Candy Crowley proudly told America that Mitt Romney was wrong during a Presidential Debate in 2012, despite the fact that nearly every intelligent person watching knew she was wrong. Her subsequent apology was not as well covered as her 'mistake'.
Yeah, Fox News stands alone in the errors in judgement category...
What a staggeringly ignorant post, oh wait, it's Slashdot...
the truth is this "most watched" stat is fake. What Fox did was pressure the cable companies to put Fox news on basic cable, and put other cable news programs, on upgrade packages.
What? CNN and MSNBC are also part of 'basic cable', and do you simply not understand the difference between subscribers and viewers?
Oprah's OWN network and Algezera America have LOTS of subscribers, but no viewers to speak of. This impacts the advertising rate and the types of advertisers they are able to attract.
Fox News has the highest rated shows in cable news, and they can charge premium rates for their advertising spots... Why, because they have the VIEWERS.
So Fox counts how basic cable installs to come up with this figure.
No, only YOU confuse subscribers with viewers... Everyone else understands the difference.
This "free Fox on basic cable" is why, when you go to some gyms, doctors' offices, auto dealers, they have Fox news going. Which, again, Fox counts. But what do you expect from chronic liars..
So they falsely count telivisons on in "gyms, doctor's offices, auto dealers"? No, those are called VIEWERS, actual viewers, and the businesses that choose to put their public TVs on those channels have equally free access to CNN, MSNBC, CSPAN, PBS, OWN, Lagezera America, Discovery channel, etc.
Your inability to understand the difference between subscribers and viewers is not evidence of 'lying' Fox News - these are the Arbitron numbers the industry runs on, these are the numbers CNN is trying to improve by airing documentaries and travel shows on their 'news' channel in the evening.
Fox News and Fox Business were pulled by Dish Network over the weekend, as both continue to argue over a fee agreement. From the article: "Dish said in a statement early Sunday morning that 21st Century Fox had blocked access to the two networks
So which is it? Did Dish drop Fox or did Fox block Dish?
I'm certain the commissioners will each read every one of the million plus comments submitted before deciding what to do... If not, why ask for the comments in the first place?
State PUCs regulate local internet fees, if the FCC does go after Net Neutrality they still won't regulate local prices for Internet access... Or connection speed... Or anything else you rant about.
They donâ(TM)t have to disclose their donors, unlike almost any other type of organization that advocates for or against candidates.
They are advocating against a gov't policy, not a candidate - in fact you could say they are 'educating' people about a given policy, much like any number of tax-exempt advocacy groups do...
After a comprehensive analysis of the comments provided to the FCC regarding net neutrality, it was found that a great percentage were form letters based on one of some 30 templates one organization made available... So what?
No one is sledging the comments were not submitted falsely - each comment represents a valid comment.
The organizer of the form letter campaign gave people some thirty choices to find a message that resonates with them - each template represented different reasons to oppose net neutrality.
If abortion or the environment were the topic of the open comment period, would you discount form letter submissions from say the Sierra Club or Planned Parenthood because the wording was suggested by an advocacy group? Of course not.
It isn't impossible to defend, why, just imagine how much more stable & reliable Windows would be if they blocked other software companies from accessing the Registry in Windows.
It is a perfectly defensible position, supported by every product manufacturer that puts either of the following warnings on their product:
The vast majority of users of Office use leased copies already - it's called Software Assurance (or Educational Assistance for school students)... Retail Sales represents a significant revenue stream, but I suspect more dollars come in from the various license agreements.
They paid frys and best buy to destroy copies of win 7 and office 2010 to force users to run an OS for tablets.
You have no idea what you are talking about.
Rather than have big box retailers physically ship back retail copies of older OS/software, they paid them to destroy them, giving them credit for each destroyed copy. This is how newstands process out-dated magazines and newspapers, they rip off the cover/front page and return that for credit, destroying the magazine for the publisher.
If windows break - as it tend to do - use something else.
Uh, no, it doesn't - Windows 7 and 8.1 are very stable products successfully being used the majority of computer users. A few years ago millions of computer users were exposed to Linux for the first time on netbooks, and the vast majority of them asked 'can it run MS Office?' And when the answer came back 'No.' They carefully packed them back up and took them back to the store...
The HP Stream 7, at $100 list price, is a very useful tablet. It only has 1 Gig of RAM, but with a quad-core CPU and flash storage (32 Gigs included, expandable with micro SDXC card) they perform quite well.
AND, they currently ship with 1 yr of Office 365 AND 1 yr of OneDrive storage, up to 1 TB. What does MS charge for a TB of storage for one year in OneDrive?
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Dan Rather stands behind every story on his reports, even if the documents he bases them on are forgeries!
ABC stands behind their exploding pickup truck story, even though they had to put model rocket igniters in the gas tank to blue up the pickup truck for their story.
Andrea Mitchell will argue till the cows come home that she only edited the George Zimmerman 911 call to make his perfectly innocent answers to the questions he was asked by the operator for 'clarity', despite completely re-arranging the sequence of the statements.
Candy Crowley proudly told America that Mitt Romney was wrong during a Presidential Debate in 2012, despite the fact that nearly every intelligent person watching knew she was wrong. Her subsequent apology was not as well covered as her 'mistake'.
Yeah, Fox News stands alone in the errors in judgement category...
What a staggeringly ignorant post, oh wait, it's Slashdot...
What? CNN and MSNBC are also part of 'basic cable', and do you simply not understand the difference between subscribers and viewers?
Oprah's OWN network and Algezera America have LOTS of subscribers, but no viewers to speak of. This impacts the advertising rate and the types of advertisers they are able to attract.
Fox News has the highest rated shows in cable news, and they can charge premium rates for their advertising spots... Why, because they have the VIEWERS.
No, only YOU confuse subscribers with viewers... Everyone else understands the difference.
So they falsely count telivisons on in "gyms, doctor's offices, auto dealers"? No, those are called VIEWERS, actual viewers, and the businesses that choose to put their public TVs on those channels have equally free access to CNN, MSNBC, CSPAN, PBS, OWN, Lagezera America, Discovery channel, etc.
Your inability to understand the difference between subscribers and viewers is not evidence of 'lying' Fox News - these are the Arbitron numbers the industry runs on, these are the numbers CNN is trying to improve by airing documentaries and travel shows on their 'news' channel in the evening.
So which is it? Did Dish drop Fox or did Fox block Dish?
I'm certain the commissioners will each read every one of the million plus comments submitted before deciding what to do... If not, why ask for the comments in the first place?
They could have just organized a poll.
State PUCs regulate local internet fees, if the FCC does go after Net Neutrality they still won't regulate local prices for Internet access... Or connection speed... Or anything else you rant about.
They are advocating against a gov't policy, not a candidate - in fact you could say they are 'educating' people about a given policy, much like any number of tax-exempt advocacy groups do...
Typo:
Should have been:
No one is aledging the comments were submitted falsely - each comment represents a valid comment.
After a comprehensive analysis of the comments provided to the FCC regarding net neutrality, it was found that a great percentage were form letters based on one of some 30 templates one organization made available... So what?
No one is sledging the comments were not submitted falsely - each comment represents a valid comment.
The organizer of the form letter campaign gave people some thirty choices to find a message that resonates with them - each template represented different reasons to oppose net neutrality.
If abortion or the environment were the topic of the open comment period, would you discount form letter submissions from say the Sierra Club or Planned Parenthood because the wording was suggested by an advocacy group? Of course not.
It isn't impossible to defend, why, just imagine how much more stable & reliable Windows would be if they blocked other software companies from accessing the Registry in Windows.
It is a perfectly defensible position, supported by every product manufacturer that puts either of the following warnings on their product:
"No user-serviceable parts inside"
"warranty void if seal broken"
1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA
"Windows ain't done till Lotus won't run"?
PC sales could start to resemble cellphone sales...
It will be no more inconvenient than paying a monthly Netflix fee, antivirus renewal, magazine or newspaper subscription...
People don't seem to find these subscriptions inconvenient, why should an OS subscription fee be a problem?
The vast majority of users of Office use leased copies already - it's called Software Assurance (or Educational Assistance for school students)... Retail Sales represents a significant revenue stream, but I suspect more dollars come in from the various license agreements.
Subscription for updates after first year? Seems a pretty simple model to me.
If you like your three year-old OS that hasn't been patched you can keep it, if you want to keep it current, send us $29/year per system.
Just like countless Anti-virus software vendors do...
OEMs will drop the pre-installs if the software doesn't add value...
You have no idea what you are talking about.
Rather than have big box retailers physically ship back retail copies of older OS/software, they paid them to destroy them, giving them credit for each destroyed copy. This is how newstands process out-dated magazines and newspapers, they rip off the cover/front page and return that for credit, destroying the magazine for the publisher.
Because consumers are clueless about the subscription model, except, of course, for magazines, newspapers, Netflix, etc., right?
Consumers can handle the subscription model.
Uh, no, it doesn't - Windows 7 and 8.1 are very stable products successfully being used the majority of computer users. A few years ago millions of computer users were exposed to Linux for the first time on netbooks, and the vast majority of them asked 'can it run MS Office?' And when the answer came back 'No.' They carefully packed them back up and took them back to the store...
2020 will be the year of Linux!
Windows with Bing is free (as in beer), full capabilities version of Windows 8.1 for low-spec systems.
There is a long tradition of computer users that lease their OS - they are called mainframes.
Are you imagining a current consumer Chromebook will last 5 years?
Will the batteries last that long?
The HP Stream 7, at $100 list price, is a very useful tablet. It only has 1 Gig of RAM, but with a quad-core CPU and flash storage (32 Gigs included, expandable with micro SDXC card) they perform quite well.
AND, they currently ship with 1 yr of Office 365 AND 1 yr of OneDrive storage, up to 1 TB. What does MS charge for a TB of storage for one year in OneDrive?
"That's the nose of the camel, hump to follow"
It sells for a near-ipad price of $300+, about 50% more than it's chromebook peers...
That same $300 can buy a quite-capable a Windows 8.1 with Bing device, which can run regular Windows applications, something a Chromebook can not...