Not at all. It's just that some content is extremely difficult to get without paying 10× what it's worth.
If you watch hockey, there are local games on Fox Sports (at least $100 per month) and national games on NBCSN, which is usually only available on a higher cable tier to the tune of $125+/month. But there's only ONE game per month on NBCSN. I'm not paying $25 to watch a single hockey game at home. That's ludicrous. And the other option is to get the NHL package and pay them directly. Oops, NBCSN games aren't on there unless you are overseas. And your local market is blocked too.
So, the realistic options are:
1. Pay for the NHL package and use a service to pretend to be overseas. See? I don't mind paying $20 a month for hockey (about 10 games). That's more than I pay for any other service as a cord-cutter. This is what I am actually doing right now. Plus I am paying $5 a month for a Smart DNS service.
2. Watch for free on/r/NHLStreams.
Piracy of one form or another are the only realistic options when a company prices their product out of the stratosphere. And, even though I have a "free" option, I choose to pay, because I do want to support it, but not get ripped off blind.
I have a friend who, at 35, had absolutely no problem hearing up to 22 KHz. I tested blind and he could do it consistently. He complained that CDs cut off music abruptly at the high end and it was annoying compared to live music.
No. All my oldest CDs work fine, but all my newest cassettes (from the same era) are warped and sound awful. And I live in the relatively dry and stable California.
Yeah, I have the terrible risk of having bought coins for $50 and now having them worth $875. They've never been that low again. Such tremendous risk, making 16× my money in 5 years.
It's simple. Most cord-cutters, like myself, only want 1-2 channels. For me it was "How do I get ESPN and Pac-12 the cheapest that I can?" Sling delivered at $20 a month. And when college football is over, I'll cancel it.
I don't want "cable system over internet". I just wanted ESPN and Pac-12.
The final amount Samsung pays Apple will be far less than $1 billion. The amount that Apple already paid Samsung in higher part prices because of "unforeseen litigation" will continue to have been $1 billion. This is already a Pyrrhic victory for Apple, and will become more so when it goes back to the lower courts and the amount is reduced even more.
I loved slider phones until the good multitouch screens took over. Now, even with my sweaty hands which wouldn't register on the old on-screen keyboards, they work just fine on newer phones.
It may seem like common sense, but it's flat-out wrong. If you study history, you will see that similar concerns were raised about the printing press, the industrial revolution, electricity, etc. And yet, somehow we still keep coming up with new jobs that begin to exist because of the increases in technology.
Even easier, Coinbase has records of buys and sells, along with your name, address, bank account and SSN. Makes catching people really easy without blockchain tools, which would be much harder.
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Not at all. It's just that some content is extremely difficult to get without paying 10× what it's worth.
If you watch hockey, there are local games on Fox Sports (at least $100 per month) and national games on NBCSN, which is usually only available on a higher cable tier to the tune of $125+/month. But there's only ONE game per month on NBCSN. I'm not paying $25 to watch a single hockey game at home. That's ludicrous. And the other option is to get the NHL package and pay them directly. Oops, NBCSN games aren't on there unless you are overseas. And your local market is blocked too.
So, the realistic options are:
1. Pay for the NHL package and use a service to pretend to be overseas. See? I don't mind paying $20 a month for hockey (about 10 games). That's more than I pay for any other service as a cord-cutter. This is what I am actually doing right now. Plus I am paying $5 a month for a Smart DNS service.
2. Watch for free on /r/NHLStreams.
Piracy of one form or another are the only realistic options when a company prices their product out of the stratosphere. And, even though I have a "free" option, I choose to pay, because I do want to support it, but not get ripped off blind.
As with everything AT&T, they only respond to FCC complaints. People who file FCC complaints HAVE been getting refunds.
Nor in foresight...
I heard the shelf-life was 3 years, but don't quote me on that (especially if you need it to survive).
Yes. All the school districts that have 5-year exclusive contracts.
I have a friend who, at 35, had absolutely no problem hearing up to 22 KHz. I tested blind and he could do it consistently. He complained that CDs cut off music abruptly at the high end and it was annoying compared to live music.
And yet, you can rip the CD to your PC as a WAV file and reverse it in Sound Recorder even easier and quicker.
No. All my oldest CDs work fine, but all my newest cassettes (from the same era) are warped and sound awful. And I live in the relatively dry and stable California.
You can buy an external USB DVD-R/CD-R burner for $25.
Yeah, I have the terrible risk of having bought coins for $50 and now having them worth $875. They've never been that low again. Such tremendous risk, making 16× my money in 5 years.
Not everyone is you.
But fake flows don't affect the price.
With the way a lot of these plane systems work these days, it could be a way to download a lot of "free" movies and music.
Better customer service than Comcast or AT&T.
500,000 vs 100,000.
It's simple. Most cord-cutters, like myself, only want 1-2 channels. For me it was "How do I get ESPN and Pac-12 the cheapest that I can?" Sling delivered at $20 a month. And when college football is over, I'll cancel it.
I don't want "cable system over internet". I just wanted ESPN and Pac-12.
Which, according to the article, actually fixes it in this case.
Half a watt for a PC? CPUs use 90W and graphic cards often use 200W+. Power supplies are 300W to 1200W.
It was for Heinz...
Gold has all the negative qualities you cite about bitcoin, and was used as currency for a long time.
He already is. He's talking about increasing long term capital gains taxes, which taxes investments like bitcoin.
The final amount Samsung pays Apple will be far less than $1 billion. The amount that Apple already paid Samsung in higher part prices because of "unforeseen litigation" will continue to have been $1 billion. This is already a Pyrrhic victory for Apple, and will become more so when it goes back to the lower courts and the amount is reduced even more.
I loved slider phones until the good multitouch screens took over. Now, even with my sweaty hands which wouldn't register on the old on-screen keyboards, they work just fine on newer phones.
It may seem like common sense, but it's flat-out wrong. If you study history, you will see that similar concerns were raised about the printing press, the industrial revolution, electricity, etc. And yet, somehow we still keep coming up with new jobs that begin to exist because of the increases in technology.
Cable's already almost $200 a month, and it has commercials.
Even easier, Coinbase has records of buys and sells, along with your name, address, bank account and SSN. Makes catching people really easy without blockchain tools, which would be much harder.